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6 August, 2015. 12:00 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact An international crackdown on exotic wildlife trafficking has landed in Manly Beach this morning, as at least ten officers representing the Federal Bureau of Investigations stormed the headquarters of a well-known Australian swimwear label. The American bureau, along with Australian and New Zealand authorities, have arrested numerous organised crime identities from Down Under in...

4 August, 2015. 10:04 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact   THEY call him "The Mack Truck" Mahbobi. Anyone who has met this 17-year-old 115kg rugby league prodigy would be able to see why. There are currently sixteen professional Australian sport franchises already chasing Shiva Mahbobi, a monster product of the Papua New Guinean Rugby League, who made his senior debut in May, despite being in Year 11. At 1.9m...

4 August, 2015. 11:00 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact NON-INDIGENOUS, MELBOURNE-BASED NEWSCORP COLLUMIST, ANDREW BOLT has this week been informed by Aboriginal residents from the notorious Indigenous community of Cherbourg, that he is not welcome in their town. Locals fear that if Mr Bolt decided to visit the iconic Aboriginal settlement, he would risk being at the receiving end of some "mission justice".  That is, if he...

3 August, 2015. 11:00 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Betoota Advocate would like to apologise to our loyal readership for an unfortunate publishing decision that was made public over the weekend. On Friday the 31st of July, Our debut "weekly news wrap" was released via podcast on our website. It would seem The Advocate's synopsis of both the Adam Goodes saga and...

2 August, 2015. 13:14 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE CONTROVERSIAL THROAT-SLITTING haka has been given the all clear by World Rugby ahead of the Rugby World Cup, which is due to kick off in London in just over four weeks time. The move comes after a number of national rugby boards from around the world asking for the sport's governing body to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Australian Of The Year is described as "a unique award that it is sponsored by a national government and commands broad public support,". However, as prestigious as the award is, it is common knowledge in Australian society, that no one can command support from the Australian public - even one of the highest performing athletes in Australian football. The Australian,...

30 July, 2014. 13:55 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT   This 51-year-old man from Queensland says "Adam Goodes is being booed because he is a f**kwit" "It's obviously not a race thing... Other Aboriginal players don't good booed" Todd Greenwell works as an accountant in Ipswich, in Brisbane's south-east corner. He says after an entire week of headlines, he really has had enough with...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact The predominantly Sydney-based National Rugby League has today announced that referees are being ordered to "turn a blind eye" when it comes to unnecessary rulings that might hinder any momentum as the competition heads towards an explosive Sydney grand final. The game's executive directors are asking referees to bend rules where they see fit and to make sure...

28 July, 2015. 15:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IMMIGRATION MINISTER PETER Dutton has confirmed that US rapper Tyler, The Creator has been banned from entering the country. The decision was handed down this morning after the government agreed that the 24-year-old "was not of good character" and potentially harmful. While many speculated that the controversial artist was barred from entering the...

28 July, 2015. 10:32 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The greater AFL community is in damage control today after another Sydney Swans player has shown symptons of a deadly outbreak at Subiaco Oval on Sunday. The West Coast Eagles fans remain in shock after witnessing Lewis Jetta throw a make-believe spear at the crowd in an aggressive manner. As a result, all Indigenous players in...