The Nation

2 October, 2015. 15:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN LIGHT OF RECENT news, Australia has once again been confirmed as the greatest place on Earth. The announcement was made earlier today during a gala event in Washington D.C. hosted by out-going ambassador Kim Beazley. Australia was found to be the greatest place on the planet by a number of independent...

30 September, 2015. 16:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact SUTHERLAND Shire Council will fight on the beaches to defend the reputation of the region from the spotlight of a new online webseries. The Shire’s beaches, parks and other public areas will be no-go areas for the producers of the new television show Streets Of Sydney if the council has its way, that...

30 September, 2015. 15:03 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE SUPREME LEADER of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has paved the way for a North Korean victory on day two of their test match against Cuba in Pyongyang yesterday. The 32-year-old scored a quick-fire 807 not out in the last session of the day's play, putting the Koreans in...

29 September, 2015. 15:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact OVERNIGHT the discovery of liquid water flows on Mars has buoyed hopes that life may exist on our closest celestial neighbour. The Martian creeks leave long, opaque stains on the mountains that can reach hundreds of metres downhill in the warmer months, before they dry up in the autumn as surface temperatures drop. A phenomenon,...

25 September, 2015. 07:15 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A PROMINENT voice in the anti-anti-virus movement has lashed out at computer immunisation software makers after she revealed that her Windows computer was diagnosed with autism after she installed an anti-virus program. Stephanie Muller from the every growing anti-computer-anti-virus support group Alternative Futures says that her computer refused to make eye contact with...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact After picking up his family and fleeing the violence in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Zakir al-Zahar made the painful decision to start a new life. He tried to pay human traffickers to take them to Germany through Austria, but they were turned away at the border. England was his next goal but after Teresa...

23 September, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Peta Credlin, the chief of staff to former prime minister Tony Abbott, says she has no intention of entering politics, while urging women to take on more leadership roles. "Don't be afraid of entering politics, girls. Just because I am steering clear of it, doesn't mean you should," said the sexually-charged political powerhouse. "Trust...

22 September, 2015. 16:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The newly sworn-in Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, has today appeared as the subject of a "guerrilla art" instalment that hangs from the roof of a historic hotel in his hometown electorate. In the style of Obama's iconic image of  "hope" made famous during the 2008 Obama campaign, Mr Turnbull stands as tall...

22 September, 2015. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MULTI-NATIONAL FAST food giant McDonalds announced today that in light of a recent report that suggests more and more young people are shunning the comfort food for more healthy options, they're going to start trialling more fuckwit friendly options such smashed avocado on toast and muesli bowls. "It's a risk, but it's...

18 September, 2015. 16:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Not even an entire day after Australian musical icon Nick Cave wrote andopen letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull asking him to sack Senator George Brandis as Minister for the Arts, and restore independent funding and oversight to the literary sector, The Betoota Advocate has been informed that our humble online newspaper is next on the chopping...