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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "I was simply retelling a story verbatim," he said. "I'm not the Daily Telegraph, I'm not going to exaggerate and outright lie just to make something sounds better - or worse than it actually is!" Earlier this afternoon, Stacey Kelly found himself being cringed at repetitively over lunch as he recounted a story from a recent...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A polite local mother has shown off her more cultured side this week at a dinner with friends. Enjoying some Italian cuisine and a nice bottle of red down at an authentic Italian place down in the French Quarter last night, Joce Anthe put her table manners on full display. The regional mother of three has always prided herself on her ability...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Local News | Contact For the past 48 hours, Brittany Seldom has been stuffing her face like it was her last weekend on earth. Having gone on a bit of bender, Brittany’s binge eating marathon began with a large bag of salt and vinegar chips, followed by two separate stops at a fast food chain that rhymes with...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Central Betoota residents are advised to be on high alert for fun times as a dog has been spotted running through the quadrangle at Betoota Primary School. The unidentified dog has reportedly caused chaos during recess time after it entered the quad through an unknown entrance and has proceeded to chase a couple of birds and allegedly licked Samantha...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Local News | Contact Reports of packs of skinny, lanky and badly dressed teenagers lurking around Betoota’s entertainment precinct have had phones ringing off the hook here at The Advocate this morning, which can only mean one thing – it’s school holidays. The entertainment precinct is popular amongst teenagers, not necessarily the indoor facilities like the bowling alley...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It's often screamed from the rooftops around the world - Corona is the beer from where you'd rather be. However, according to a Betoota Grove man, he'd rather be anywhere but where Corona is from. Speaking exclusively to The Advocate this Thursday afternoon, Bill Woxford, a local 24-year-old full-time stay-at-home-son, painted a grim picture of what...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry is set to take the blame for causing the impending, unavoidable crash in property prices next year. Damien Spoon, head of the Australian Bankers Association, has told journalists today in Sydney that everything was fine in the industry until the Royal Commission came...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local hotrod has taken to social media this morning to criticise the plan by every state treasurer to scrap the GST on feminine hygiene products. Nathan 'Frogstomp' Peters, an 85-year-old 3-window lowboy Deuce chop top coupé from Betoota Heights - the aspiration heartland of our town - lashed out at the tax axing, explaining that in his opinion, lady...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Though he's only 31, a local man has bid farewell to his youth and all the things that go with it after he was discovered posing with various wax figures at the London Madame Tussauds this week. Oliver Redman, who's been awkwardly teetering on the tightrope between middle-age and youth, told our reporters that he's finally...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A group of local atheists have thrown their hats in the dirt and eaten humble pie today after the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast heavy storms for most of the eastern seaboard this week - including drought-stricken parts of New South Wales and Queensland. Last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison asked people around the nation...