The Nation

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Jerry Antoniou is a self-described "adrenaline junkie" who spends his afternoons taking part in high-speed rollerblading at local boardwalks. Jerry is 42-years-old and has been to three different Nickelback concerts in three different international cities. He owns thirteen different types of fedora hats and three variations of Crocs. "I don't know what it is, I've just...

14 September, 2015. 15:36 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER PRIME MINISTER Julia Gillard has reportedly visited the openly-republican communications minister Malcolm Turnbull this morning after speculation over his leadership aspirations reached boiling point. Ms Gillard was seen walking the yard with the 60-year-old in his Point Piper enclave early this morning. Adding fuel to the fire, Mr Turnbull was observed...

11 September, 2015. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SPEAKING FROM THE HEART, tobacco enthusiast Max Davis says the latest 12.5% increase in the price of cigarettes has been a sickening breath of fresh air. Rather than take the news lying down, the 24-year-old barman lashed out at the government this morning as more and more of his meager wage...

9 September, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Australian Government today announced a 100-year economic model that shows a considerable reduction in the costs of global detention, as well as a humane solution for the hordes currently fleeing war and danger. Announcing a new Government department dedicated to finding solutions for an increasing stateless population, the PM fronted a press conference...

8 September, 2015. 14:46 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact NATHAN DECANTER earns a little more than somebody on the NewStart allowance. Each morning, he rises at 4:30am to make the hour long commute to his job at an abattoir in Rockhampton. While he certainly wasn't, by his own admission, the best student at school - he can still read and write...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ANTI-VACCINATION ADVOCATES have banded together to form a co-op style daycare facility for children battling measles after the nation faces a sharp increase in cases of the highly infectious and often fatal disease - all stemming from the anti-vaxxer movement, which proponents say offers an alternative to government-mandated immunisations. Helen Wollstein says she felt the ill-effects...

4 September, 2015. 14:18 HARRY JENKINS | Entertainment | Contact LESS THAN A WEEK out from the series finale, information has gotten out that a contestant from Network Ten’s Great Australian Spelling Bee has tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug, Methylphenidate. The contestant has been formally disqualified from the competition, however, the remaining pre-recorded episodes of the series will be screened as planned this...

4 September, 2015. 11:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S NOT THAT they're all embarrassing now, all of these horrible things were discussed this week in the Betoota Advocate podcast. After a report was released by Her Majesty's Prison Service earlier this week, The Advocate sent Errol Parker to the UK to investigate claims that British entertainer Rolf Harris was being...

26 August, 2015. 10:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact SARAH RIDGWAY says despite the fact that she has an irresponsible addiction to online shopping, and dedicates far too much of her paycheque to a party-girl lifestyle - she cannot go anywhere without being told how noble she is. "It's really bizarre. I'm a single 20-something who likes night-clubbing and I am always...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact DRY SEX. The sexual act made famous by teen comedy films in the 1980's, is still very much the thing to do. That's according to a group of trendy Christian teenagers from South-East Brisbane, who say they are content with doing everything except "it". The Betoota Advocate spoke with Kelly, Kylie, Jack, Sarah and Ben -...