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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Malcolm Turnbull’s latest attempt at emulating Tony Abbott this week has resulted in a new Citizenship test. The new test will reflect “Australian values,” despite the Government admitting that they are unsure what values will be assessed and how it will be done. However, the Advocate can reveal that applicants can pass the test by getting a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland Rugby League great, Scott '40/20' Minto has today confirmed his attendance to this year's Betoota Advocate pub take over in Sydney's Regent street. The 38-year-old utility wing, centre and prop for the Central Coast Comets has said that he looks forward to having a few yarns with both the ex-pat Queenslander community and the born and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT 18-year-old Sydney art student, Hannah Clarke, doesn't expect her lecturers to understand the unique connection she holds with the late Christopher George Latore Wallace, a Brooklyn-based US rapper that died roughly twelve months before she was born. She says she's been into 'Biggie' ever since she heard the "Notorious B.I.G. & The XX - Dead Wrong Remix" on Youtube during...

CLAUDIA HOUSTOUN  |  Music | CONTACT Nearly two decades of academic research has resolved the subject question of Kasey Chambers’ hit 2001 single, Not Pretty Enough. According to, Shaun Nesser, a researcher from the University of Western Queensland, the 40-year-old Australian Country music singer-songwriter was, and still is, definitely pretty enough. “There's no question about it" he said. "She had all the markers of 2001 South...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A group of popular female students from Joan Of Arc Ladies College in North Betoota have spent the last five minutes locked in a deep embrace for no reason. This follows new findings in a recent report by the CSIRO which suggests that popular high school girls spend upwards of 85% of their school recess and lunch breaks...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A mass evacuation is currently being carried out in the Queensland town of Mackay as the ever-growing Cyclone Debbie threatens to cause widespread destruction as it collides with a high tide. Authorities are urging about 25,000 residents in “low-lying areas” of Mackay to evacuate their homes immediately. “We are asking people that can move out of those low-lying areas...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The tokenistic bowl of hand cut vegetables that accompanied a $12 shnitty and chips has got to be kidding itself, says one punter. Inner-East Betoota man, Josh Gayrard (29) rarely treats himself to a dirty little pub lunch, and on Sunday of all days, he's definitely not going to fuck around with gross cold vegetables. "Mate, If I wanted to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Both Victorian Police and the Premier's Office have this afternoon admitted that they are nothing short of impressed by the notorious Melbourne youth gang 'Apex'. After over 18 months of 'declaring war' against the troubled teenagers with a penchant for carjacking, just about everyone in Melbourne has to pay credit where credit is due, after several members of the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following the death of iconic American musician Bill Withers earlier this year, tributes have flowed from rock'n'roll greats who credit the singer for his influence on modern music The remaining members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles are just some of the stars to attribute their careers to the late singer-songwriter, who is being remembered as the true...