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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AS NETFLIX COMES through on its promise to shut the door on Australian VPN users,  consumers have hit back, saying that they wouldn't have to circumvent geo-blocking if the local catalogue was as comprehensive and satisfying as the American one. The Australian version of Netflix has six times less content and costs more. One local subscriber has...

31 January, 2016. 14:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN DECEMBER 2005, Craig Gower was fired as Panthers captain. What started out as just other Sunday, ended with him visiting his local Tarocash - to find a suit to wear to the NRL disciplinary hearing that was going to happen on Monday. There were a series of incidents at a charity golf event, which ended up...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The list is here, the 2016 top ten richest Australians, according to Forbes. This year includes a few Forbes debuts, and few surprising ones at that. With the winding down of Australia's mining boom, we have seen an increase in other rising Australian industries - such as transport, sport, finance and blogging. Forbes’ 10 richest Australians 10. David Hains $1.8 Billion...

29 January, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE WARNINGS FROM fellow beachgoers, a 29-year-old Englishman has inconvenienced everybody around him by getting stuck in a powerful rip current at Manly Beach this morning. Chatty banker and term deposit specialist, Matteo Thompson, said he thought the lifeguards over reacted to the situation, blaming their use of hyperbole in their warnings to...

28 January, 2016 15:45 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT Sydney Roosters and NSW Origin halfback, Mitchell Pearce has made headlines today after he received a suspension and a hefty fine for simulating a sexual act on a female partygoers dog, while on a bender. In a video released by several predatory news outlets, including ours, last night - the third-generation rugby league superstar appears...

28 January, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN A POLITICAL STUNT that's shocked Australians around the country, Clive Palmer's latest attempt to keep his party from certain annihilation at this year's federal election is nothing short of spectacular. The Palmer United Blues Explosion debuted last night at Perth's iconic Astor Theatre, with the 61-year-old fronting the two-piece band with Senator...

25 January, 2016 13:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Tomorrow marks the official National Day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip. It's an anniversary of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS is a great Australian. He won two Davis Cups, reached the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open - and like the rest of the country, he was smacked as a child. Though he wasn't always popular and humble like he is now, Lleyton Hewitt was smacked. Bill Shorten was smacked. A new report released by...

22 January, 2016. 15:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact TELEVISION ECONOMIST AND part time presenter David "Kochie" Koch has vowed to never sit for another interview with The Betoota Advocate again, after an aggressive confrontation with our reporters earlier today. The Betoota Advocate sat down with David Koch in Martin Place this morning and asked him to outline the best investments...

20 January, 2016 14:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After her first taste of dating since breaking up with her fiancé of three years, Kylie Burns says finally being back in the game is a liberating feeling. "It's really good to get dressed up and meet other guys," "It's been about four months since I broke up with Brendan, so I was pretty excited when Mark asked...