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KENT REGINALD | Nightlife| CONTACT A local bouncer and all-round top bloke is genuinely concerned about how much a punter has had to drink before he got to the night club, several eyewitnesses are reporting tonight. Jon Biggun, a 37 year old Betoota man who works door security at local nightclub ‘Tooty Frooty’, was reportedly carrying out his usual Monday night security duties...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The trials and tribulations of living in a leafy suburban Queensland enclave were felt by all on Daroo Crescent in Betoota Grove this morning. Local tradesman, Leo, has had waited until 6:00 am on the dot to fire up his beloved drop saw - as his non-council approved renovations continue to edge further out the backyard. While Leo's neighbours try...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Bradley Thomas has revealed to The Advocate that things are truly back to normal for him. The 3rd Grade Betoota Dolphins stalwart said that after coming up with one of his best excuses yet as to why he wouldn't make training. "Yeah I told the coach I had to pick up a puppy from way out of town for...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact There was a time when Michael Davey walked by a kebab shop at 9am and wondered why it was open. "Who'd want to eat a kebab at this hour," he'd laugh to help as he thumbed forward on this week's How I Built This podcast. As it turns out, the budding entrepreneur's coworker is one of those people who walk...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT With lockdowns slowly easing, hordes of young Australians are looking forward to spending hundreds of dollars on overpriced beer, and scoring risky stingers from a stranger in the smoking section, it’s reported. The girls at the 328 Daroo Road household have reportedly been able to tide themselves over by scoring some subpar disco biccies from the owner of a...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact A local Real Estate agent’s enthusiastic endorsement of the suburb surrounding a newly-available rental house has been called into question after the area was revealed to have a higher than average number of shopping trolleys in the local creek. Betoota Banks, a suburb on the outskirts of the pebblecrete belt, has a population of almost 800 but the number of trolleys in...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact Anti 5-G protestors have turned on Police again today after allegations the primary supplier of Tear Gas may not be ethically sourcing the ingredients of the non-lethal weapon. “We just don’t have the information we need to make an informed decision about the type of tear gas we are ingesting” said protester Anna Smailles. “Is it capsicum spray?...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A Betoota Plains man has revealed to The Advocate a curious piece of correspondence he received this morning. Sitting down to get through a bit of life admin before another day of working from home, Bradley Sample explained that his latest water bill actually came from the Chinese Government. "At first, I thought it was a scam, cause it kind...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT Gaze detection, of the sense that someone is watching you, is one of those weird phenomena that’s hard to explain. Though some might attribute it to a ‘sixth sense’, many argue that the sheer act of looking at someone you think is looking at you, can cause them to do exactly that. But for Betoota Grove hairdresser Lauren Thompson, that prickly sensation...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT A robbery attempt on the Betoota General Store & Steroid Dispensary has ended poorly for the would-be criminal last week after he passed away from coronary complications immediately after stealing a charity tin from the store. The charity tin was established to raise money to replace the original charity tin which was used to raise money to support struggling...