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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "Roll your wrists, Joey," he said. "Keep your head over the ball, don't be scared to watch it onto the bat." This afternoon, Joey Murchison and his father Mike spent a few hours running through tactics and the like ahead of the planned Christmas Day match against his brother Mark's family. One important aspect they covered was...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact Andy Thompson may have been a little bit naive to think that he was in this year’s Chrissy party for the long haul, after starting his evening on the rums. The employee at the Betoota Ponds Harvey Norman said he was really looking forward to the shindig, with his colleagues but admits he got a little carried away. Fellow workmate Colin...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet Reporter | Contact From Bondi to Bermuda, it’s a move that could shock the NRL to its core. The Sydney Roosters have announced that they are planning on relocating their headquarters to the small North Atlantic Island of Bermuda. It comes after the Sydney Roosters landed another big name signing in Angus Crichton and many in the sporting world were left wondering how long before...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet Reporter | Contact Betoota Rugby League Club is in crisis control this morning after their 3rd-grade captain was detained in a conservative western region overnight. 32-year-old electrician Anthony Williams was arrested and charged with public indecency yesterday afternoon after stripping down during the 3rd Ashes Test in Perth. The club told  The Advocate  that the Dolphins were on an...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Popular state-run weather service, the Bureau Of Meteorology, has broken with the usual modus operandi and successful forecast the weather today. Early this morning, the Bureau boldly claimed in their smartphone application that the temperature at 12pm today would be 41℃ in the shade. Lo and behold, it is. "I can't believe it," said Dennis French, curator of the fern...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As Paul Keating famously said during a speech to the UN back in 1993, Australia is so rich that everyone will own a juicer at some point in their lives. Today, his vision for the future has almost become a reality. However, in a report commissioned by the Australian Council Of Juice and Juicers , it's become apparent that this...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A popular local dog has revealed to The Advocate this afternoon that though he looks like he's enjoying himself when he's taken for a run - he doesn't actually like it that much. Bruce, a 10-year-old male canine of mix appearance, told our reporters that some days he just feels like taking it easy. "There are...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact “This is bullshit,” he said. ”If only that was a coin, I’d be up a grand!” Sam Ellis has just been hard done by and this time - he thinks it’s petsonal. The 24-year-Old has just been screwed over by a pokie machine he though that was his friend but as it turns out, he was working...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Popular southern bar magnate Justin Hemmes is allegedly in talks with the owners of The Cashew & Pogostick Hotel in Betoota's Old City District - a move that has outraged locals. Many of the pub's patrons have voiced their disgust at the proposed sale, telling The Advocate that Hemmes is a 'pub wrecker' and that 'all...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact In a recent drunken rant, Betoota local Richard Kelly (34) revealed that he hasn’t gotten laid in quite some time, a fact many have found surprising considering he has a ‘lipstick kiss’ tattooed on his neck. During a night of drinking with a group that has been described as “The Boys,” Kelly, after allegedly ingesting 21 bottles of Hahn Super...