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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A local Dad has today had to intervene to stop his youngest son from showcasing his full-blown financial illiteracy to the entire extended family. After returning home from 12 months in the mines up north, 19-year-old formworker Nathan Gibson has been splashing his cash. His father, Les, has been monitoring these high-rolling antics quite closely. Not only does he have...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact It's nearly the weekend in early December. But it does not feel that way for Betoota Grove-based sales director, Bucky Howard (35). It feels like the start of the year. It does not feel like Christmas is just around the corner, because it isn't. But everyone he interacts with on a professional level are acting like it is. As someone who...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Staff Christmas Party season is upon us, and the real tightarse bosses are getting these things over and done with as early as they can. The 50-year-old family business, Betoota Downs Tiles And Pavers, is one of those companies that have booked out a local beer garden for the very start of January so that they can pay off-season...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact In case you haven't been watching the news, it seems the War On Drugs is nearly over. And in a weird turn of events, it looks like our cops and legislators will be the winners! This comes after nearly 40 years of them losing the war by a very large margin, to the point where most people were wondering...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The NSW Government is this week bending over backwards to keep the pokie machine cartel afloat, after avoiding desperate calls for reform by recommending a new 'cashless' system that has been trailed on 14 people. This issue of Australia's cancerous poker machine culture became a state election issue last year, as the ousted NSW Premier was suddenly hit with...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Australia's most beloved supermarket giant says that they are once again facing unfair criticism for just trying to have a go. Woolworths, which is one of the two supermarket chains that dominate the Australian grocery duopoly, is now enduring unfair backlash from within. This time it's not coming from the exploited Australian farmers, or the furious price-gouged customers - but...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Not even a week after Federal Parliament passed laws banning the use of social media for Australians under the age of 16, and it seems the new legislation is already working! This comes after a crudely constructed bong was discovered behind the sheds at one of Betoota's cricket ovals. For those readers who may have been born after the turn...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact In terrific news for Peter Dutton, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has doubled down on the central bank's stance that interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer - causing even more pain for Australian voters. Bullock has also warned some Australians will have to sell their homes to cope with high inflation and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A local dad has spent the last few days in quiet contemplation, after learning that the most talented man in Australian television will now be permanently hanging up the lapel microphone. Rugby league and TV icon Paul 'Fatty' Vautin has this week confirmed that he will not be appearing as a member of the Channel Nine commentary team for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact ABC Chairman Kim Wilson has received vast amount of helpful and interesting correspondence from random men on the internet today. It is believed this very measured and constructive feedback began flooding into his email inbox almost seconds after making very public criticisms of American podcaster Joe Rogan at the Australian National Press Club. When asked by an Australian journalist why...