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7 September, 2015. 14:56 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE PERENNIAL EXPERIMENT has come to a conclusion - one many Australians knew the answer to years ago. Cricketing journeyman Shane Watson announced his retirement from all forms of Test cricket yesterday morning. He joins a long list of brilliantly talented players of the short game who failed to conquer the Test...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ANTI-VACCINATION ADVOCATES have banded together to form a co-op style daycare facility for children battling measles after the nation faces a sharp increase in cases of the highly infectious and often fatal disease - all stemming from the anti-vaxxer movement, which proponents say offers an alternative to government-mandated immunisations. Helen Wollstein says she felt the ill-effects...

4 September, 2015. 14:18 HARRY JENKINS | Entertainment | Contact LESS THAN A WEEK out from the series finale, information has gotten out that a contestant from Network Ten’s Great Australian Spelling Bee has tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug, Methylphenidate. The contestant has been formally disqualified from the competition, however, the remaining pre-recorded episodes of the series will be screened as planned this...

26 August, 2015. 10:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact SARAH RIDGWAY says despite the fact that she has an irresponsible addiction to online shopping, and dedicates far too much of her paycheque to a party-girl lifestyle - she cannot go anywhere without being told how noble she is. "It's really bizarre. I'm a single 20-something who likes night-clubbing and I am always...

2 September, 2015. 12:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A viral video that has been seen by over 2.3 million people online is said to be the funniest example of racist Australian humour since the golden era of Rodney Rude and Kevin Bloody Wilson in the late 1980's. Released late last week, the video, which is a snippet from an upcoming Australian...

1 September, 2015. 16:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE US DEPARTMENT of State has revealed figures today that outline the nation is only a few black-on-white gun-related crime cases away from acting on the issue. The startling revelations come as the fanatical firearm loving country comes to terms with the brutal murder of a young professional white woman live on...

1 September, 2015. 10:18 SOPHIA LIVINGSTONE & HARRY JENKINS | Entertainment| Contact Johnny Depp’s visit to the Royal North Queensland Children's Hospital last month has sparked outrage amongst the medical fraternity and parents of sick children, as reports emerge that celebrity visits to sick children no longer have the same effect they once had.  A recent online survey conducted by the Australian Market & Social Research Society showed that 72%...

  29 August, 2015. 16:45 ANTHONY SAHMELBAHN | Melbourne Correspondent | Contact The Australian Border Force (ABF) has postponed Operation Fortitude, its inaugural visa blitz in Melbourne, this weekend due to “technical issues” with its foreigner detection dogs (FDD), said the Federal Government. Operation Fortitude was to be a joint operation targeting visa fraud in Melbourne CBD including Victoria Police, Metro Trains, Yarra Trams and The...

28 August, 2015. 10:10 LOCAL NEWS | Contact After months of campaigning, The Betoota Advocate team can proudly announce that we have managed to convince the former member Independent Member for New England to visit our humble town - in celebration of the annual Betoota Races! As a quiet supporter of both the newspaper and our under-resourced town, Mr Windsors has always promised...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact An explicit film that was directed and produced by one of Australia's most controversial filmmakers has been given the all clear to continue being shown during school hours, despite homoerotic themes and a blatant pro-same-sex parenting agenda. Federal Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne has spoken to The Betoota Advocate today, about why the 2004 epic biblical...