Politics

12 October, 2015. 14:20 SPECIAL REPORT | Contact Following a successful transition into radio podcasts, The Betoota Advocate has been urged by our close friends at Fairfax and NewsCorp to join them as they scramble towards different online channels in a desperate bid to remain relevant. It is an idea we have toyed with. With our viral coverage of this year's 1/2 Liberal Spill...

8 October, 2015. 10:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact With topics like What can our politicians learn from Trump?  and Is the community over-diagnosing mental illness? - Channel Nine has delivered a Logie-baiting panel show that combines the sophistication of Q&A with the cheeky wit of the NRL Footy Show. We can tell already, The Verdict is going to be great for ratings. With usually...

8 October, 2015. 7:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM Turnbull's Point Piper manor is set to star on the US-reality TV show "MTV Cribs" after news he turned down Kirribilli House, arguably the most desirable harbourside address, for his own home. Valued at close to $50m, Turnbull's house boasts some of the most obscure and extravagant features...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The AFP have today commented on what the Daily Telegraph has described as a "national embarrassment" - Australia's dramatic rise in sternly-worded letters. "Australians represent one of the largest contributors to sternly-written letters in the developed world," said high-ranking AFP official, Doug Hole "Out of the 18 million stern letters received globally in 2019, Australia was responsible for at least eight million of them," "These...

1 October, 2015. 10:10 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact Cowboys superstar Johnathan Thurston has been crowned "King Of The North" in a sacred North Queensland ceremony yesterday morning. Wearing his iconic blue and yellow headgear, the small-town hero was blessed by none other than Northern Australian MP, Bob Katter, in front of over ten thousand screaming fans outside of the Townsville airport. On...

1 October, 2015. 16:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact New South Wales Liberal Premier Mike Baird has maintained significant advantages over the opposition, according to the latest state-based Morgan polls. Political commentators put this surge in popularity down to the 47-year-old's calculated responses to shark attacks, refugee resettlement and The Bachelor Finale. It is also believed that Baird is being aided...

25 September, 2015. 15:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact LIKE MANY DIRECTIONLESS young people, former PM Tony Abbott is considering taking an extended break, or a "gap year" on a working cattle station in northern Australia. His former friend turned casual acquaintance James Packer did something similar when he was 19, as his father Kerry sent him "up north" for...

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...