Politics

11 February, 2015. 19:15 EDITORIAL | Contact IN YET another exclusive two-on-one from The Betoota Advocate's recent trip to Canberra, Senator Jacqui Lambie gives our journalists the run down on her relationship with Pauline Hanson. The rogue senator was able to confirm her love for "busting bacon" - spruiking her markswomanship skills. Although Lambie said she shares little in common with the former incarcerated xenophobe,...

10 February, 2015. 17:30 EDITORIAL | Contact IT was very kind of Today Show anchor and click bait phenomenon Karl Stefanovic, to find the time to speak to The Betoota Advocate - on what was one of the busiest starts to the political calendar in recent memory. After touching briefly on the morning's latest news from inside Parliament House, editors Errol Parker and Clancy...

10 February, 2015. 12:15 EDITORIAL | Contact A very successful start to the week saw The Betoota Advocate’s editors making the most of their 28-hour drive to Canberra with an array of timeless interviews. No one was safe from the gritty journalism that our humble Outback newspaper is famous for - with some of Australia’s biggest and brightest political and media identities being...

9 February, 2015. 13:30 EDITORIAL | Contact Prime minister Tony Abbott has declared the Liberal leadership speculations are now over, after he survived the crucial secret ballot vote in the party room this morning. Liberal MPs voted 61 to 39 against making the leader's position vacant to contenders. Media commentators have suggested the result was set in stone after a long weekend working the phones - making...

4 February, 2015. 15:21 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE DAILY Telegraph has been called out by media commentators for "trying to muster support for Tony Abbott's leadership". As the leader's popularity is still in free fall, every media outlet in the country is trying to distance themselves from the 57-year-old Roman Catholic. Yesterday's cover of the Telegraph was predominately dominated with an...

2 February, 2015. 13:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE Prime Minister says he's in possession of a "Labor dirt file" and plans to use it to discredit the opposition when parliament returns next Monday. Uncovered by staff at the National Library of Australia, the "secret dossier" contains details of party infighting and dissent among both cabinet ministers and backbenchers. Mr Abbott...

1 February, 2015. 13:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact QUEENSLAND is the nation's self-proclaimed "smart state" - yet over 90% of Australia's "sun-kissed minority" cannot pronounce the name of their likely new premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk. While the more cultured and progressive states have been battling with Polish names for decades, this is the first example of Queenslanders having to learn a...

15 Janurary, 2015. 13:06   ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact INTERNATIONAL pop sensation Miley Cyrus and underground hero Bob Dylan have both had intimate photos leaked - just days before their albums go on sale. Shockingly, representatives for Dylan have yet to answer requests for comment. The 73-year-old's Instagram account and Twitter have fallen silent in the past 12 hours as his team...

10 January, 2015. 15:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE Islamic State is reportedly being forced to start using hybrid vehicles as their fuel supply begins to run out. Since July, the US has been targeting oil infrastructure inside ISIS-controlled Iraq and Syria to remove their capability to refine oil in to fuel. Toyota has been planning a diesel-electric version of its...

30 December, 2014. 13:09 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE LATEST DISAPPEARANCE of an airliner is causing a worldwide shortage of tin foil as millions around the world begin fashioning hats made from the malleable metal. The hats have entered vogue with everyday people as the latest airline vanishing has made it socially acceptable to harbour even the most wild conspiracy. Traditionally,...