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MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTIn a shocking yet entirely predictable turn of events, local stand up paddle boarder and self-proclaimed "adventure enthusiast but can't really bothered doing anything too difficult" Brad Johnson (29), has been spotted riding his electric skateboard through the city, just weeks after gracing the local surf with his stand-up paddle board. Sources close to Brad confirm that his collection...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTEmma Spring (29), a veteran waitress, has admitted to taking delight in leading on hungry male patrons by walking in their direction with multiple plates of food before hooking a sharp turn and giving the food to someone else. "It's the sparkle in their eye that I really just get a kick out of, sometimes you even get some...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactLocal woman Anita Petersham has taken to her Instagram today to announce that she’ll be embarking on the ‘75 Soft’ challenge, which involves completing daily tasks that will ultimately make her life all the worse emotionally, physically and mentally. Anita, 28, says she created this unique program in direct response to the viral fitness trend, ‘75 Hard’, that’s been...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTThere have been a series of reports that local woman Dina Navis (25), has frantically been telling anyone and everyone that they should really give Pilates a try. The recent enthusiast of the mind-body exercise, developed in early 20th century Germany, claims the new workout has miraculously transformed her body overnight and that anyone who hasn't tried it should...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAn office worker has been left feeling ripped off this morning, after realising her workplace would not be participating in the corporate ritual of placing delicious R U OK cupcakes in the break room. R U OK day, which occurs on the second Thursday of September every year, is a national suicide prevention program designed to prompt conversations around...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the Government prepares to introduce minimum age limits to keep children off social media, there have been calls to also legislate a maximum age limit as well. This comes as millions of Australians find themselves confronting the fact that they have older family members who spend their days reading complete bullshit online, and have been conditioned to think...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA millennial woman has today begrudgingly admitted she kind of understands the whole social media ban thing, having never truly recovered from the 2010’s ‘sad girl era’ of Tumblr. Marley Pope, 31, a marketing specialist from Betoota Heights, says she used Tumblr almost daily between the years of 2010 and 2014, where she was given unprecedented access to porn,...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA woman who has just gotten back from an overseas trip has been overheard going on about how ‘boring Australia is’, having experienced free pour alcohol for the first time in her life. Tasha Phillips, 23, says her recent trip to Florida has completely changed the way she views Australia, admitting that she hadn’t been aware of how ‘controlling...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Northern Australian cattle producers have been reassured by the Federal Government that there are no immediate plans to ban the live export of cattle, despite growing concerns that the recent prohibition on sheep exports from Western Australia could be the start of a broader crackdown on the industry. Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt reassured the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Local electrician Ben Hargreaves has become the subject of much wonderment among his mates after ordering the crumbed steak special at the Lake Betoota Golf Club bistro last night following the 2BBB Stableford competition. To make matters worse, the 34-year-old father of two, who plays off 3, didn't opt to pay the extra $2...