Your Monday News Roundup: Turnbull Claims Victory and the 'Most Melbourne Man Ever' Unmasked

Last week, a humble street style vox pop buried deep in The Age's weekend magazine went crazy viral—turning Melbourne man Sam Hains into a global fashion icon. The UK's Independent had a few burning questions, ELLE was slain dead by his look, The Age even put him on the front page of the paper.

But was Samuel Davide serious or was this a troll? In an exclusive interview with VICE, Sam Hains admitted the Street Seen was a prank he cooked up with his friend, Age photographer Tara Kenny. "Samuel Davide is a satirical character…. I was so hungover that day," he said. "Why would a self-confessed Maoist Intellectual be fashion-fabulous?"

In a final twist, The Age decided to fire Kenny for pranking the paper with not just one but two faked Street Seens. Here's hoping she's not deterred by the newspaper not getting the weird brilliance of the Kenny-Hains' brand of satire, so spot on it made Portlandia look clunky.

After eight days of counting votes and tallying preferences, Australia has a government. Bill Shorten personally called Turnbull on Sunday to concede defeat. The count in a few marginal seats is still too close to declare a hung parliament, but in all likelihood that's what we've got. The Coalition currently has 74 seats, but insiders believe they can win another two to form a majority at 76. Labor is behind at 66 seats, although they could end up with as many as 69.

It's not the sort of thundering triumph Turnbull was hoping, but it is a win. As he told a press conference in Sydney, "We have resolved this election and have done so peacefully. It's something we should celebrate and not take for granted."

In its latest update, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added 1000 new entries. But there's really only one you need care about: "budgie smugglers" (noun): The classic Australian term for a pair of swim trunks that leave little to the imagination. Finally, after decades as a successful staple of Australian slang, the term has found its way into the dictionary.

"You can take a dip, once you've pulled on your budgie smugglers, an evocative Australian term used since the 1990s to refer to a pair of close-fitting men's swimming trunks," wrote Jonathan Dent, a senior assistant editor for the OED, in a blog post. "So called because of the all-too noticeable appearance of a gentleman's wedding tackle when wearing them."

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been labelled as responsible for thrusting the term "budgie smugglers" back into the public vernacular, after making several infamous beach appearances in a bright red pair.

Some nerd thieves have started using Pokémon Go to find victims. It's an evil, but kind of genius plan. So far, the only reports of Poke-robs have come from America—but given how wildly popular Pokémon Go in here in Australia, it might only be a matter of time before you get jumped as you try and grab XP.

Here's how it works: The robbers open the app and hunt for gyms far away from foot traffic. Presumably posing as players themselves, all they have to do is wait until unsuspecting players rock up to train or battle.

The first players to fall victim to this strategy were some poor folks from Missouri, cornered in a CVS parking lot by a crew of thieves aged between 16 and 18. The teens apparently hid in a BMW—that we can only assume one borrowed from their mum—before pouncing. Police arrested and charged the 18-year-olds and they're up for first degree robbery.

Back in Australia, Northern Territory Police have already had to warn players to be careful about where they go searching, after a number began wandering into their Darwin station—home to a sandshrew.

Queensland police discovered an underground labyrinth of tunnels below Toowoomba in the state's south east. The complex network, connecting concealed rooms beneath properties across the Darling Downs district, is likely linked to the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs.

The evidence included 200 marijuana plants, a kilogram of cannabis, 20 grams of ice, illegal guns, knuckle dusters, knives, and several pythons kept without licenses. And that's not all. The search team also found "a high quality and complex water filtration system," used for hydroponics along with chemicals and equipment often used in the manufacture of methylamphetamine.

In 2003, street artist and vocal Disneyland critic Banksy traveled to Melbourne, decorating the city's laneways in his trademark socially conscious style. Over the weekend weekend; however, it was revealed by local laneway art expert Meyer Eidelson that the construction of a new doorway has destroyed some of the last remaining stencils from the anonymous British artist's visit.

In an angry blog post, Eidelson details the extent of the damage. "Australia's largest remaining group of Banksy street art stencils was recently destroyed. A new doorway in AC/DC lane (near Pastuso Restaurant) destroyed the three iconic works even though their location was well known to the Melbourne arts community," it reads.

Eidelson expressed outrage and sadness over the destruction of the Banksy artworks, which depicted groups of rats wearing headphones."These Australian and international stencils recently destroyed were as seminal to the modern street art movement as the Aboriginal paintings destroyed on the Papunya school wall in 1973," he writes, not at all hyperbolically. Concerned street art fans can join the Melbourne Heritage Action network to help protest.

Police in Queensland are reporting fewer alcohol-related incidents over the past two weekends, after the state government introduced a host of new laws ahead of the 1 AM lockout, which begins February 2017. The legislation prevents the sale of shots, bombs, and other drinks with high alcohol content after midnight, with all venues required to call last drinks by 3 AM in Fortitude Valley, and 2 AM elsewhere in the Brisbane.

"The officers on the ground have found lower rates of assaults being reported," Inspector Rhys Wildman told the ABC. "Most importantly for the officers themselves they have obviously encountered less violence."

However, there have been conflicting reports of the effect of the laws. Public safety group NightWatch Patrols actually reported an increase in the number of alcohol-related incidents on the weekend following the legislation's introduction. Senior team leader Chris Owens told VICE that his patrol team attended to more incidents that normal on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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