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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A single local man Brayden James (23) has put his innovative ability on full display today, by demonstrating a genius little life hack. Given the nature of his living arrangements in a sharehouse of 5, the very eligible bachelor was left facing a distinct lack of ginger, and veggies, when making a stir fry for one. “Yeah I live with 4 other blokes, you...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE | CONTACT Local woman Hannah Statham thinks she might have found the one tonight. It’s alleged the twenty-three-year-old bartender was set up by a mutual friend after lamenting that she’d been unable to find a nice guy on dating apps. Having exhausted Tinder, Bumble and even Hinge, Hannah had almost given up her quest for love when she’d met Darren -...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the calendar progresses towards the glorious long weekend months, the chances of spending the weekend at home with some spag bol and a sitcom and are increasingly less likely. It's no longer silly season, but it's Easter. Footy is back, the sun is still out, and the turps are flowing every Friday and Saturday night, and sometimes Sunday if...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE | CONTACT Police are today looking for a young man who suggested burpees as a finisher for a tough boot camp session, it’s reported. Personal trainer Neil Bradley tells our reporter that he regularly offered his clients a chance to suggest wind down activities at the end of his class, which he says were ‘usually jumping jacks or at worst, some...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE | CONTACT If you’d told twenty year old Eliza Thompson that she’d spend her thirties happily lying in bed watching movies, she’d have thought you were joking.  But now at age thirty four, Eliza has officially hung her high heels up in favour of a pair of fluffy pink bed socks and chucked her clutch in for an oversized tote. The...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact As sponsored articles for health insurance will remind you, 2020 has been a tough year. But with Victoria working towards being COVID free and the Flemington public housing towards reporting 0 new cases Australia can get back on track to being excited for the Melbourne Cup again. Known as The Race That Stops The Nation the Melbourne Cup is one...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE | CONTACT After a long week of filing insurance claims, local girl Ali Grabham has officially declared that she’d getting fucking lit tonight. So far, it seems like the plans are for the girls to have some pres at Lisa’s before heading out for a few cocktails at their local wanky rooftop garden, ‘Tres Bubbles .’ Or so,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local Betoota Heights dad who honestly hasn't wet a line since the late 1990s, has today criticised the fishing techniques featured on his favourite TV show, which he also claims to hate. Bert Atkinson (64) seems to have a lot to say about the tactics of Paul Worsteling, who he believes is going the wrong way about pulling...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A red p-plater has received a stern slap on the wrist this morning after being caught by police obeying the road rules. Corey Nicholls (17) a 1st-year chippy's apprentice was nabbed this morning at 8:45 am on Diamantina Link Road out the front of Betoota Heights High. The young man was reportedly chugging along at an extremely pedestrian...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Some Betoota Base Hospital medical students have revealed to The Advocate this week how they like to unwind after a big day in the ward - and it might shock you. Speaking to our reporter who was picking something up from the dodgy bloke in the group, the students spoke candidly about why they were jabbing shit into...