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21 August, 2015. 15:07 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AUSTRALIA'S FIRST OPENLY libertarian politician smoked a cigarette in parliament today, stating that he should be able to do so. Senator David Leyonhjelm says the laws that prohibit smoking in public buildings are just another example of how frivolous government legislation is keeping the people in shackles. "There shouldn't be a law that...

In an interesting turn of events, the Betoota Advocate would like to announce today that both our editors Errol Parker and Clancy Overell have been informed by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation that they are currently being "watched" after a controversial radio broadcast this morning. Not even two weeks since they joined the ranks at conservative talkback radio station, 2GB. The broadcast,...

21 August, 2015. 12:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A factory farm housing more than 8,000 almond battery trees will be built in near Ipswich, west of Brisbane. Under the controversial plans, Australia's largest ever almond plantation will be grown in industrial-scale sheds with little access to pasture or sunshine. The trees will be milked around the clock to produce 430,000 dairy-free coffees...

20 August, 2015. 10:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Australian men are pigs. That's according to a member of the infamous hacker network responsible for exposing the personal details of members of online extramarital affair service, Ashley Madison. The high-ranking champion of moral conduct, who goes by the alias of TruthMaster666, has spoken out today about the resounding statistics found in their recent...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Following a disappointing hit out for 2019, Channel 9's smash reality dating show Farmer Wants A Wife have revealed more juicy details about the upcoming series next year. This week on the podcast we spoke to playwright Tommy Murphy about his new play focused on the Packers, he's got some cracking stories. Listen here: From 2019,...

19 August, 2015. 11:16 NRL SPECIAL REPORT | Contact | At the request of Parramatta coach Brad Arthur, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has successfully proven that the Eels can still mathematically make the NRL finals. “I was staring at the ladder during the week, crying, when all of a sudden I saw something in the numbers” said Arthur. “So I gave the boys the day...

18 August, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Prime Minister Abbott has announced a "hygienic compromise" today after Labor's insistence that Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon should resign or be dismissed from the inquiry into trade unions, following the revelation that he had booked to speak at a fundraiser in support of the NSW Liberal Party. The Federal Government has made...

16 August, 2015. 13:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A spokesman for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims that asylum seekers at Nauru detention centre were water-boarded were "down right incorrect" and "false". The government has explained that the guard at the centre of the waterboarding allegations got his aquatic-boardsport terminology mixed up. In a report published by the Abbott Government earlier...

14 August, 2015. 10:06 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports | Contact In the wake of a controversial win-by-default against Stan Wawrinka at the Montreal Masters, leading sports psychologists have confirmed that Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios is plagued by the fact he is not a good bloke. Esteemed author and researcher, Dr Len Powell says that he believes the 20-year-old has more issues...

12 August, 2015. 15:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S ONE OF Australia's most favourite pass times. And in light of Channel 7's decision to axe the groundbreaking reality TV series Restaurant Revolution for Cats That Make You Laugh Out Loud, it's becoming more popular than ever. Destruction by gravity has been a cornerstone in Australian entertainment for generations and people around...