MELBOURNE: Victoria Police are urging Melbourne residents not to panic following multiple reports of a ‘ghost’ stalking the streets of one of the city’s inner-northern suburbs. In a news conference this morning Chief Commissioner Michael Bush (below) said dozens of triple-O calls had been received at police headquarters between dusk

We are totally shattered here at BUG HQ. And it’s all because we never, ever, seem to learn a basic lesson, namely that at the Heralds in Sydeney Town there are some sub-editors who are clearly the fucking worst to have ever “practised” their craft in the entire history of

CANBERRA: A major gaffe by new federal Liberal Party leader, Anus Taylor, just moments after his election has already sparked speculation among his colleagues of a fresh leadership challenge. The new Opposition Leader (file photo above, we think) addressed reporters at Parliament House soon after his party room chose him

CANBERRA: Barnaby Joyce is the new federal Opposition Leader after this morning’s Liberal caucus spill meeting, emerging triumphant using unparalleled tactics that have left the nation’s best media politics observers and analysts, and the ABC’s national lead David Speers as well, shaking their heads in disbelief. The Bug can reveal

It was rather silly of us, but we thought the record amount of virtual shit plopped onto the head of NSW Premier Chris Minns in our first Xcrements-of-the-Week column earlier this week would take a long, long time to be broken. But we didn’t factor in the possibility that Minns’s

HERZOG LECTURE TOUR: CANBERRA: Staff of President Isaac Herzog admit to being puzzled about comments by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese justifying his invitation for the Israeli head of state to visit Australia. Yesterday in parliament Mr Albanese attempted to put a positive spin on the so-far divisive visit by saying