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INGRID DOULTON | Lady Writer (On The TV) | Contact Once touted as the next tech hub of South West Queensland, Betootacone Gully ultimately failed to attract a large tech company needed to boost the local economy. But one town's loss is another man's treasure. One start-up the district did lure in was Sunplantia, a company that helps outdoor plants make the transition to indoor life -...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Returning from the other side of the planet with wild stories of the frontier, a local traveller crashed out around 8AM this morning after a marathon 30-hour journey home from London. As a result, Betoota Grove-resident Harley Hawthorne is jet-lagged beyond all comprehension. "I've just been on an aeroplane, in economy class, for close to two days,"...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local agency person has lashed out at everyone, including homeowners, for making houses so unaffordable for young people - despite spending nearly $2000 on a new mobile phone this morning. Damien Longhurst works at a boutique, bespoke and creative agency in Betoota's Old City district. He does something on a computer and makes life...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact According to a recent survey, most conversations with police on the shoulder of a highway start with the eternal question: "Do you know why I pulled you over today?" The answer is invariably the same around the country. "Ah perhaps because of the speed, sir?" And the answer to that rhetorical question is always: "Yes. I've clocked you today at 193kph in a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Many of Greg Manitoba's friend told The Advocate that the 28-year-old puts the 'fun' in 'functioning alcoholic' - a loveable label the local bridge and wharf carpenter has enjoyed since finishing university. Known well around the Old City district's nightspots and day-drinking watering holes, Greg often gives it a red-hot-crack over the weekend before slithering back...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact A South Betootanese woman who slammed her the front door closed to parents' Dennison Street Californian bungalow earlier in the year has been traced to Bondi - The Advocate can reveal. Through a four-part investigation into the missing young lady, our reporters checked her various social media accounts daily - only to discover them riddled with images of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A person that works in an office doing something with a computer has become in ire of his colleagues this afternoon because he refuses to speak about anything other than the NFL starting today. Making things worse for himself, Michael Leary even brought his 'pigskin' from home today and simply refuses to stop playing with...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact A local builder was left bemused this week, after the apprentice returned with his impossible request. Brad Holmes, a middle aged joker from Norwood in Adelaide, chuckled to the other tradies on site when he asked the young fella to pop off down to Bunnings and get a tin of tartan paint and a box of bright sparks. He laughed with...

BERT MALLEY | Local | CONTACT A recent report shows that the boys actually scrub up alright when they have to. Sources close to the group are reporting that the boys are looking deadset schmick in the tuxes they rented for tonight’s engagement party at the Betoota Surf Club. The boys, who decided to “go all out for Jace and Saz’s thing”, have rocked up...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A polite but charmingly unkempt local tax accountant is once again the ire of the office today after he sweeping his lunch crumbs off his desk and onto the floor. Known mostly for his happy-go-lucky disposition and a 'hilarious' disrespect for the Australian Tax Office, Colin Peterson explained to The Advocate that he often leaves...