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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The brief four-week lull between the conclusion of both the AFL and NRL football seasons and the start of Summer cricket has resulted in some bizarre conversations about life and adulthood, a local publican has confirmed. Brad Coughton, a 20-year licensee of the Lord Betoota Hotel, says this time of the year gives the punters a much needed...

  CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Some men of 'that age' buy a sports car, some buy a drumkit. Some land themselves a new job, or wife. Others get a non-specific tribal tattoo. However, one West Betoota dad has decided to seriously underplay his mid-life crisis, which in turn makes it all the more obvious. A New York Yankees flat brim hat, complete with the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact EVEN THOUGH HE JUST RECEIVED a life ban from every licensed establishment in Quilpie, bar Billy's Nyngan-style Chinese Eatery, Matthew Lilac says he has no regrets. His auburn-haired partner in crime, Myles Penile, doesn't have any either. Despite being amongst the most feared private school boarders in the greater Betoota region, the pair both agree that...

26 October 2016. 10:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local Greek, Toolio Runamakas has made a wild assumption that the two girls standing at the bar of the South Betoota Hotel are not Greek. But he's gonna check, just in case "Hello ladies, my name is Toolio. I was just wondering... Do you girls have any Greek in you?" The girls, Sarah and Sophie (both 22) who...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Eliott Franklin's afternoon routine hasn't changed a whole lot since he graduated top of his class in theatre history and performance media. The arts graduate checks the tyre pressure on his bicycle, then loads up Kid A by Radiohead for the 40-minute ride to work. He's a 25-year-old who works weekends - a magical time...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It was a small step for Marshall Bradey to agree to dine at his now local Chinese restaurant, but it was a giant leap to expect him to use a pair of chopsticks. The unrefined 29-year-old plumber was lured to his cultural doom by Sally Callaghan, his current casual partner who's looking to make what they...

11 October 2016. 15:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Renowned Western Queensland grazier, Roger Tully (74) still can't help think about all the sadistic things he would do if was lucky enough to spend a couple hours one-on-one with former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Mr Tully says his livelihood as an agricultural producer was 'put to the fucking test' under the Keating...

11 October, 2016. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BEING A STUDENT IS HARD, especially when you need to shield yourself from your bleak future with cheap wine and petty sexual contact. It's also remarkably expensive. That prompted Kelly Mosshart to invent a novel way of cutting down the costs of being a student - by vomiting into a Brita water filter...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After guiding the Mighty Dolphins under 10s to their eighth premiership in a row, club veteran and Betoota Mayor, Councillor Keith Carton has been criticised today for what many rival clubs describe as poor sportsmanship. The BDRLFC board has today confirmed that Carton has been temporarily stood down and will be further disciplined by the...

19 September, 2016 17:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Tonight will mark the first time that local panel beater, Tony Manakis (48) hasn't watched the ABC since they had sole broadcasting rights for international test cricket. He says he doesn't know too much about this Q&A shit, but if he was ever going to watch something on the public broadcaster again in his life, tonight...