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16 September, 2015. 11:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S OFFICIAL. Australia has had more changes in leadership than the archipelago nation of Fiji, known for it's beautiful beaches and bloodless coups. But after the recent developments to come out of Canberra, our nation has pipped Fiji to take out the top spot. A coup, known simply in Australia as a...

15 September, 2015. 16:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Former Minister of Communications minister and Prime Minister-elect, Malcolm Turnbull, has told ABC 24 this morning that he will no longer acknowledge his own last name. The self-made-millionaire Member for Wentworth believes that his own last name had "been whipped, tarnished and exploited" by an overbearing master to the point where it no...

14 September, 2015. 22:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact What an emotional afternoon. Starting from 16:00 pm when former Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull announced his intention to challenge Tony Abbott for Prime Ministership. At 21:52 tonight it was revealed that he had been successful. The Betoota Advocate has been following this story closely and can now reveal the new Prime Minister's live-tweets from...

14 September, 2015. 16:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact #BREAKING ABC reporters have been unable to locate the whereabouts of Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten MP, following the announcement of Liberal Party leaderships challenge. Moments ago, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced to the world that he was challenging Prime Minister Tony Abbott's role as leader of Liberal Party, an announcement that many feel has...

11 September, 2015. 05:00 SPECIAL REPORT| Contact The Betoota Advocate has today been informed that we are to expect an abundance of hate mail and offensive vitriol from the controversial Australian cultural activists known as Reclaim Australia. The anti-Islamic "Aussie Pride" group has today urged tens of thousands of members to "troll" our humble small-town newspaper, after taking offence at several articles...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Opponents of the proposed Bendigo Mosque have launched action in the Victorian Court of Appeal to challenge the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal's decision to approve the plans. The tribunal's decision was followed by big demonstrations in Bendigo last month, when hundreds of people clashed in the city's CBD. Local patriot, Paul Whiteman, has given his...

9 September, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Australian Government today announced a 100-year economic model that shows a considerable reduction in the costs of global detention, as well as a humane solution for the hordes currently fleeing war and danger. Announcing a new Government department dedicated to finding solutions for an increasing stateless population, the PM fronted a press conference...

8 September, 2015. 10:10 CROUCH CHARLES | Canberra | Contact According to insiders, two of the country's highest profile federal senators Jaqui Lambie and Nick Xenophon are official! This news comes alongside news that the two have forged a political alliance in an attempt to win more seats at the next election. Sources close to both parties have confirmed that Nick Xenophon secured the heart...

7 September, 2015. 11:10 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact One of the NRL's youngest clubs, Wests Tigers, have today asked yet another Sydney-based Rugby League franchise to join their combined venture. The independently appointed chairperson for the Wests Tigers board, Marina Go, has said that the South Sydney Rabbitohs have been given the option to merge forces with the Tigers brand,...

4 September, 2015. 11:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S NOT THAT they're all embarrassing now, all of these horrible things were discussed this week in the Betoota Advocate podcast. After a report was released by Her Majesty's Prison Service earlier this week, The Advocate sent Errol Parker to the UK to investigate claims that British entertainer Rolf Harris was being...