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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT On top of the low lows that come with isolating from COVID-19 during the depressing transition into the winter months, one local woman has now found herself in a position where shit actually can't get any worse. Local dentistry assistant Sophie Moore (27) has today had to end things with Brett, a local electrician that she knows nothing...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local Betoota Heights dad, Benjamin Vega (43) has really had the wind taken out of his sails today. His big effort to treat his teenage son to some unadulterated mid-1990s Tarantino ultra-violence has been met with an unimpressed and almost ungrateful response. In fact, it seems like Jordie Vega (14) has today completely ignored the fact that he wouldn't usually...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | CONTACT While some couples have crumbled after being forced to get to know each other, one pair of lovebirds has reportedly flourished with the help of a popular drinking game...and no, not the one where you end up revealing things about yourself that you shouldn’t. Local man Aaron Burke reports that he’d been hesitant at first to suggest the idea to his...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact A local twenty-something woman has made the bold announcement today that she will not be downloading the government's app solution to track the spread of Covid-19 because she “doesn’t want to just give out her data like that.” This announcement has come as somewhat of a surprise to her boyfriend who attempted to tell the woman that she already...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT There's been plenty of learning going on over the last few weeks and months, across all facets of life. One of those things has been how the country can blow off a bit of steam with our being able to get out and about. Since the shut-down of pubs and clubs on March 23, the nation is beginning...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact The family of 7-year-old Josie Simpson are mere days away from a serious conversation after she decided that now, out of every other time in life he could have possibly chosen, now is the time he wants to learn how to whistle. As anyone who can whistle remembers, learning how to execute the seemingly simple sound is an incredibly...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the nation adopts to the concept of indoor fitness, Australia’s most iconic television exercise program has revealed making a comeback. Aerobics Oz Style first graced our screen in 1982, before being discontinued on Channel 10 over 15 years ago. However, as of this week, it's back - delivering all of the sexy housewife fitness routines that have been traumatically...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Channel 10 is being applauded today for its decision to bring back the generational sensation that was Cheez TV. The decision comes as the nation cries out for content, and comforting, following the ripping and tearing of the coronavirus crisis. "It should come as some exciting, and some reassuring news for our nation's Millenials, and current children who...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local sales director, Vita Garrison has almost definitely engaged in a bit of after-lunch nookie, it has been confirmed. After close to two months of working from home with her jobseeker-stimulated personal trainer boyfriend Carl, the 27-year-old e-commerce professional seems to be mixing up her daily routine a bit. For her colleagues at Betoota's premier online retailer of fish tank...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT As part of Australia’s ongoing fight against COVID-19, Police Forces in all states have taken measures to minimise the risk to themselves and the general public by both enforcing social distancing rules and employing their own precautionary measures. One of the newest operational changes is the transportation of suspects in the boots of patrol cars instead of in the...