The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Network Ten has lost their bid to force unpopular law student Bruce Lehrmann to put up $200 000 in security to cover their legal fees in the upcoming appeal against the landmark defamation case. The nation's poorest broadcaster and Lisa Wilkinson successfully defended Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation lawsuit regarding an interview with Brittany Higgins, which aired...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Betoota Heights computer enjoyer Liam Carter has found himself pondering one of his life’s great mysteries this week. Why he’s never once seen his old man without a beard. Liam says the thought came to him while scrolling through some family photos. "I was looking through the albums and, mate, not a single photo of...

A local millennial man has this weekend shared some videos of himself spinning some DJ decks, as part of his new journey at cultivating a personality outside of his soul crushing office job. Todd Welling, 31, a logistics manager for a full service vending machine company in Betoota Heights, said he’d been thinking of learning how to DJ for ‘some...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactCalling all Queensland women! Have you left your Halloween costume until the last minute again? Don't want to be the 20th Raygun cutting shapes on the d floor? Scared that you're just one election away from losing your reproductive rights? Well, never fear, for The Betoota Advocate has compiled a list of six terrifying Halloween costumes you can rock...

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EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA woman not in the mood for harsh self reflection has sought reassurance from her equally unhinged best friend today, after making a series of poor decisions on the weekend that resulted in some horrific hangxiety. Still battling anxiety two days after the incident, Anna Brixton says she was faced with either doing some harsh self reflection or asking...

CONSTANCE RIVERA | Grievances | CONTACTLocal teen Emily Jones has unearthed an unlikely gold mine right in her own home—her mum's wardrobe. The 15-year-old, eager to capitalise on the booming Y2K trend, has been sifting through her mum Jennifer’s closet for vintage treasures from the early 2000s and reselling them on Depop for a tidy profit. “I didn’t realise Mum was such a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT His Maj is on Australian soil. The King and Queen Camilla are being welcomed on their arrival in Sydney by Guv'nor-General Sam Mostyn, NSW Guv'nor Margaret Beazley, Prime Minister Anfony Albanese and NSW Premia Chris Minns. This will mark the first time an Australian King has visited our shores. His Maj Charlie's royal predecessors weren’t as lucky in ther trips down...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local bloke with an extensive Warhammer 40K collection has sweated bullets today, after his wife commented they were just ‘20k’ away from a house deposit, which is a shame since she’s really quite worried they’ll be another interest hike in November. Having amassed roughly $25,000 worth of Warhammer miniatures over the past several years, Sam Wenham, 32, tells...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A stranger who looks like he usually takes pretty good care of himself appears to have snapped - and now feels needs to buy some recreational drugs bro. This is what several youths were confronted with last night at the Betoota Downs train station, when they were approached out of the blue by an extremely muscular man with a...