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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local anti-immigration advocate has today explained to The Advocate just why you, or anyone you know, just needs to look at what’s happening in Europe. Keith Davis, a former plumber now living on compo in Betoota’s Golf Course Estate told us that it’s only a matter of time before what’s happened in Europe happens here. The 34-year-old father of...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Britney Kovacs is often prone to asking herself existential questions. Not in the wanky Nitschke or Kierkegaard sense, but in the ‘what the fuck am I doing with my life’ sense. The question usually arises on Sunday mornings just before midday, or when she is caught up at some work drinks on a Thursday. However, today she was left wondering why...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Despite heavy frost being forecast for central parts of the Simpson Desert this evening, a French Quarter American sports fan is hosting a 'Fourth Of July' themed barbeque tonight in celebration of all things American. Pushing on despite the cold, Ross Tuross explained to The Advocate that he planned tonight's evening, to get all his...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report by a group of local girlfriends has found that one of their friend's half-hearted plans to holiday overseas in the near future means that everyone now has to adhere to her budget. The fact that Amy refuses to miss out of social outings has also had further complications to the predicament, as it now means...

You might remember him from his mural's trolling Queensland Premier Annastacia Palszczuk with murals across Brisbane over the last year. You might've seen him send shots at Shorten, Abbott, Turnbull, George Pell, Baird. He's made headlines right across the world for his cowboy street art and we've finally gotten him in the studio. Scottie Marsh, Australia's premier mural street artist. LISTEN BELOW: Or...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT The local music scene has been rocked by the news that busker Mitch Eastment (23) has staged his own drive-by shooting in order to promote his upcoming EP. Considered a rising star in the busking scene, Eastment was reportedly found dead in his 1999 Hyundai Excel, although it was later revealed he had fallen asleep while listening to his...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The epicentre of Italian-Australian culture on Australia's Eastern Seaboard looks like a country town this World Cup, especially compared to 2006, when they were flipping cars and letting off flares. Italy, as four-time world cup winners, did not record the results necessary during qualification to advance to the final field of 32. They scuffed their way to a second-place...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local man Gordon Leonard (25) says male on female violence can be easily avoidable if our nation's women take care of themselves and don't end up in situations where they might be vulnerable. The South Betoota-based Joe Rogan-enthusiast says he shares the same concerns as everyone when it comes to the rates of assault, harassment and murder of women...

Spicing things up for episode 15 with conservative Murdoch commentator and columnist Miranda Devine. We ask the big questions this week and Miranda tells us how she processes the things she writes, in episode 15 of The ever popular Betoota Advocate Podcast. Editors Clancy Overell and Errol Parker sit down with the controversial right-wing commentator, as she draws correlations between gay...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Ingham’s truck driver Martin Gribble (43) is reportedly internally conflicted this morning as he casually contemplates his third Zinger of the week for lunch today. Having landed his job as an Ingham’s truck driver three years ago, Gribble has since lived out his childhood dream of visiting KFC daily for work, delivering fresh chook that has yet to...