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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Federal Opposition has this week launched their new and extremely wordy slogan for 2025: Let's Get Australia Back On Track. After sitting on the sidelines doing nothing except half-heartedly campaigning against social justice initiatives and tax breaks for the poor, the Liberals are now ready to be taken seriously as a real contender in the upcoming election. Aside from...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Mark Zuckerberg’s is no longer the unfashionable nerd that was portrayed in the 2010 Hollywood biopic 'The Social Network'. A string of recent public appearances and interviews, The Facebook owner has been seen sporting a more stylish look - including designer sportswear, a $95k De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius wristwatch, and a gold chain. On top of this, it seems...

GRIFF McDOUGAL | Christmas | Contact Arriving in town in their Land Rover Defender at around eleven on the morning of December 21st were Jeremy Prendergast and his wife, Clover. Both poms. Mr. Prendergast had parked the vehicle at the meter just up the road from The Lord Betoota Hotel. With Christmas rapidly approaching, the proprietor of The Betoota had just completed the installation and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Coalition's half a trillion dollar nuclear transition is upon us, and it is already lighting up the homes of rural Australia. Naughty kids from the neglected regional towns right across the country are today waking up to lumps of Uranium, instead of coal. This follows the Liberal Party's many headline-grabbing but extremely vague plan to build nuclear plants on...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact With Christmas Day now less than a week away, excitement is high right across the country. Offices and worksites are closing down for the year, and families are starting to load up the cars and begin road trips. It's a special time of the year for big and small families, as the cousins from out of town arrive and the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Father Sharma of Betoota's Combined Churches has today shared with his congregation a Christmas message to our local residents and beyond, after what has been a very tough year for many. He says it's thanks to the many community groups in our region that some of those doing it tough this year have received support or relief. Whether that...

OBITUARY | Contact Young adults across Australia are today farewelling a man who activated teenage imaginations right across the world. Beloved Australian author John Marsden, whose novels were cherished by millions, has died overnight. He was aged 74. Marsden won many major awards for children's and adult fiction, and brought to life an fictional universe that had generations of Aussie kids fighting against...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The shortbread is back on the living room table, and depending on that nationality of whoever cooked them, they are disappearing fast. While the old fashion Aussie shortbreads have the same texture as half-dried cement, the nation's Mediterranean grandmothers are rolling out biccies that melt in the mouth. But regardless of who's recipe it is, the one thing that all...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact It's that time of the year where people gift each other aluminium tins of non-perishable Scandinavian biscuits, for some reason. And for some other reason, these tins end up being used to store sewing equipment. But right now, for a short period of time, these tins briefly contain what is advertised on the lid. This means in family homes around Australia,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact As workplaces around the country begin to close down for Christmas, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has issued a message to all Australians ahead of the festive season "Whether it's a bush Christmas or a secular Christmas, I hope you all enjoy this time with your families." said the PM. "You may not start the day with a church service, you...