Politics

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The very public airing of the Liberal Party's deeply engrained divisions has continued this week, as episode two of the ABC's NEMESIS documentary series went to broadcast last night. Both former and current Coalition heavyweights appear on camera to tell the world what the really think about this disastrous 9 years, where not much actual governing got done. While episode...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Channel Nine has been forced to apologise for the second time today, after another doctored image went to air during the nightly bulletin. Nine News Melbourne has just offered up its apologies following the airing of an image of a shirtless and yoked Peter Dutton. This came a day after Nine News used a doctored image of Victorian...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The winds of change are started to still this week, after a hysterical news cycle begins speculating what Prime Minister Albanese's new tax changes could look like. From what we know, which is all unannounced, and unverified, the Prime Minister will be stinging the upper-middle class $150k tax bracket by a couple hundred dollars at most. Those earning $90k receive...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT As the sun sets on one of the most decorated political careers in our nation's history, The Betoota Advocate would like to pay tribute. Earlier today, former Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that he would be quitting politics. While he's yet to confirm exactly what it is he will be moving on to, speculation is that he will...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister has spelled out exactly what is happening with the tax cuts this year; so clearly that even the most ardent outer-metro mouth-breather can understand what's going on this July. Anthony Albanese has made it clear that everyone is getting a tax cut before telling reporters in Sydney this morning that it's actually...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT As the nation continues to grapple with a giant supermarket's decision to stop selling Australia Day merchandise, a forgotten victim of the saga has spoken out. 22-year-old Parisian backpacker Eve Laurent has revealed that her boss Peter Dutton's decision to boycott Woolworths has caused her some serious headaches. "Yes, I have a migraine from heatstroke because of it,"...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Former US President and probable next US President Donald Trump is off and running, in his 2024 election campaign. With Australian political nerds and, like maybe a quarter of America turning its gaze to the State of Iowa, Donald Trump absolutely smoked his Republican counterparts in the first formal act of the election season. In a state famous...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The nation’s Opposition Leader has this week proven his commitment to tackling the real issues. Peter Dutton has called on all Australians to boycott a giant price gouging supermarket over its decision to stop selling Chinese made novelty Australia Day products. Woolworths caused a stir this week by revealing it had made the commercial decision to stop selling Australia Day...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The current Queensland government has today confirmed who its new leader will be. After nearly 9 years of Annastacia Palaszczuk premiership, the state will now have at least 12 months of Steven Miles time ahead of them. This appointment of Miles was confirmed today, after Health Minister Shannon Fentiman and Treasurer Cameron Dick pulled out of the leadership...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The state of Queensland is preparing for a new leadership regime, after the sensational resignation of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk over the weekend. The last remaining state leader from that weird period of time where everything went into shut down, announced yesterday that she would be stepping aside from the job after almost 9 years in power. After an...