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Indian-Born Malcolm Roberts Now Couch-Surfing, After One Nation Housing Policy Forces Him To Sell Home
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/11/indian-born-malcolm-roberts-couch-surfing-one-nation-housing-policy/
Published: June 10, 2026 22:53
"When Pauline said 'foreign-born,' I thought she meant, you know ..."
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Knicks Fan Lets Off Steam by Bombing Iran
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/10/knicks-fan-lets-off-steam-by-bombing-iran/
Published: June 10, 2026 02:55
Following the Knicks’ narrow loss yesterday, every day New Yorker Donald Trump has decided to blow off some steam after the match by bombing Iran. As New York reacts to its beloved team’s loss in Finals Game 3, fans citywide are handling their emotions in…
Trump to Deport El Niño
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/05/trump-to-deport-el-nino/
Published: June 5, 2026 00:56
“We’re going to find this Mexican and send him back immediately"
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Bloke Who Can’t Commit to Wife or Party Reckons Women Should Be Forced To Make Lifelong Commitment
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/04/bloke-who-cant-commit-to-wife-or-party-reckons-women-should-be-forced-to-make-lifelong-commitment/
Published: June 3, 2026 23:58
Man of his word Barnaby Joyce, who would never so much even think of betraying a vow or going back on a promise, has spoken out against abortion, saying that women must follow through with the lifelong commitment of having a child. Speaking at an…
Man Simultaneously Furious About Government Causing House Prices To Fall and Immigrants Causing House Prices To Rise
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/04/government-causing-house-prices-to-fall-immigrants-house-prices-rise/
Published: June 3, 2026 23:08
“We simply can’t have this extra demand driving up prices and making it impossible young people to get into the property market. Unless it’s in my suburb, in which case it’s called ‘capital growth’ which is totally different"
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Cost of Living Pressures Getting So Bad This US Woman Was Forced Out of Retirement
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/03/cost-of-living-pressures-us-woman-forced-out-of-retirement/
Published: June 3, 2026 07:11
A Florida woman says she may need to compete at Wimbledon just so she can afford to fill up her car.
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Australia To Source Submarines From Facebook Marketplace, Under New AUKUS Agreement
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/06/01/australia-to-source-submarines-from-facebook-marketplace-aukus/
Published: June 1, 2026 01:19
“I’ve just typed in a search for ‘nuclear submarines’ within a 15,000 km radius of Canberra"
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Pamplona and Gloucestershire To Combine Festivals for “Bulls Chasing Idiots Chasing a Cheese Wheel Down a Hill”
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/05/29/gloucestershire-and-pamplona-to-combine-festivals/
Published: May 29, 2026 00:24
The new merged festival – to be named The Running of the Cheese – will involve several hundred participants being chased by enraged bulls down an almost-vertical hill while attempting to grab a 4-kilogram wheel of Double Gloucester cheese.
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Snake Experts Warn Public Not To Try and Pick Up Wild RFK Jr
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/05/28/snake-experts-warn-public-not-to-try-and-pick-up-wild-rfk-jr/
Published: May 28, 2026 01:26
Shocking footage from a US politician has compelled wildlife experts worldwide to send out a PSA today, urging the public not to try and pick up any wild RFK Jr’s that they find in their backyard. After footage showing the Secretary for Raw Milk and Jeans…
Coalition MPs Worry Taylor’s Racist Welfare Policies Will Be Seen As Racist
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/05/28/coalition-mps-worry-taylors-racist-welfare-policies-seen-as-racist/
Published: May 27, 2026 23:07
Coalition MPs have privately expressed concern that Opposition Leader Angus Taylor’s proposed welfare crackdown on migrants could be interpreted by voters as blatantly racist, despite repeated assurances from Taylor’s office that the racism is purely…