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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The saga gripping Australia's extremely concentrated mainstream media has just taken a wild turn this morning. Former Liberal Treasurer and current Chairman of the Nine media organisation Peter Costello has found himself at the centre of a furore after seemingly putting a shot on an Australian newspaper journalist. Believed to be the first ever disagreement between a News Corp...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The New South Wales footy gods have today decided to take matters into their own hands. Hosting the second game in the Women's State of Origin Series, the deities that look over the game of rugby league down south have turned on an absolute day for some interstate footy. Fresh off the back of a win in at...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It's not the first time the Betoota Advocate has reported on this, but the facts remain the same. Western Australia and Melbourne Stars cricketer, Marcus Stoinis, is stacked. Not in a steroidy Western Australian AFL player way either. It's a natural, creatine and iron, type stacked. Four years ago, in 2020, The Betoota Advocate reported 'How Bout The Pipes...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NSW Blues fans and media commentators are at fever pitch today, as the blame game begins. This comes as Queensland's biggest victory ever was recorded last night in Sydney, with the Maroons notching up a 38-10 win in the first match of the 2024 State Of Origin. As is always the case, both pundits and fans have begun pointing...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The cast of Hamilton are set to perform 'Advance Australia Fair' at Game 2 of State of Origin at the MCG in 20 days time. The Tony®, Grammy®, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical returns to Melbourne later this year and as is tradition, select members of the esteemed cast will be given the opportunity to promote...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It's mate versus mate. State versus state. Not since the era of gladiatorial combat have we seen a competition so fierce. The rivalries between these teams date back decades. It's more than football. It's about pride. It's about love and hate and loyalty and mateship. It's about the State Of Origin. And local mother-of-three Debbie Cunningham (50) could not...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland Origin Coach Billy Slater has today had to explain his team that the pandemic-era social distancing protocols no longer apply in Sydney. Because as the pride of Queensland, the legendary Maroons squad have been left quite surprised by the dismal turn out of fans for the NSW opponents in their home state. Throughout the week's press conferences and...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACT In a stunning display of cross-class unity, an Eastern Suburbs Sydney man and a Westie man have miraculously put their differences aside to focus on a common goal: annihilating the Queensland rugby league team. These two warring factions were also join by several other mutually hostile New South Wales archetypes: the bushies and the coasties On this brisk Wednesday down...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT We are just two days out from one of the biggest events in Australia's sporting calendar, with the first match of the men's State of Origin series set to kick off in Sydney on Wednesday. Queensland is heading into Game I defending a two-year streak against New South Wales, which adds to the Maroons 85% series win rate...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The NSW Blues are leaving their Blue Mountains base on Sunday and making their way down the hill to Stadium Australia for Wednesday's first State of Origin clash against our Queensland underdogs. To remember their time in Sydney's 'Methalayas', the team has been presented with a commemorative 'heanie' or peaked beanie - the traditional headwear...