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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A free thinker from our town's burgeoning suburban sprawl has told The Advocate that he believes in a world where the government has very little to do with you. This masthead has been canvasing locals this week as Betoota's federal member, David Littleproud, put his hand up to potentially host one of the proposed...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact At Betoota Central’s Remienko Coach Station this morning, Ashton Mallory took one last look at her hometown before stepping onto the bus to Melbourne, a place she believes will finally appreciate her non-conformity and penchant for being different. Draped in her signature black trench coat and combat boots, the 17-year-old paused on the steps of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In the middle of the Sunshine Beach Surf Club’s bustling lunch crowd, Nationals Leader David Littleproud has done what any good regional Queenslander would in times of turmoil, grabbed a prime spot on the balcony, ordered a mountain of prawns, sunk ten ice-cold schooners of Great Northern and wait for this all to blow...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The six Teal independents in the House of Representatives have just made it clear to everyone that when there's a hung parliament after the next election, please don't automatically assume they will side with the goodies. At the end of the day, the people who put the Teals into Parliament House are products of unbridled...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights couple is today grappling with the fallout of an ill-informed decision to adopt an orange tabby cat, after mistakenly believing it would bring chill and comedic vibes to their shitbox apartment. Kylie and Brad Tennant, both 32, made the fateful choice after a recent trip to the Betoota Heights Hoyts. The couple...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The brilliant mind behind former cross-format cricketing great David Warner's outfits at the Adelaide Test has been lauded by industry contemporaries today after another match of stunning and bold choices. Speaking to The Advocate today from his home in Melbourne's upmarket Northcote district, stylist Adam Hurley said positive feedback and congratulations from people in his...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In a development that has stunned precisely no one, Dutch Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen has been accused of being anti-social and weird after threatening rival George Russell with an on-track crash during last week's Qatar Grand Prix. The incident, which reportedly involved Verstappen saying he'd "put fucking head in the wall," has drawn...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Year 8 student at Green Road State School in Betoota Heights says the Prime Minister's actions this week have cost him his vote in the next election. Wally Hunt explained to The Advocate that even though it's a year until the social media ban actually kicks in for people under the age of 16,...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACT A shocking report has revealed that thousands of millennials now suffer from CTE after being punched in the head dozens of times by their older sibling with those giant foam hulk hands in 2003. The scathing report revealed that the Hulk hand toys, seemingly a staple in every Australian household with young boys following the 2003 release of The...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs temperatures in Western Sydney are set to hit scorching levels today, it can be confirmed that every acai joint within a two km radius of Parramatta is set to get absolutely hammered as locals try to find some reprieve from the heat. Though all of Sydney has copped a heatwave, Western Sydney is typically 6C to 10C hotter...