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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Queensland Premier Steven Miles has this week rejected the 60-day review into the 2032 Olympics preparations, which his own government appointed former Brisbane mayor Graham Quirk to conduct in January amid concerns about the cost. The review, which was released on Monday, recommended replacing the plans to Gabba rebuild plan, which is likely to cost $3 billion, with...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT In good news for Australian documentary filmmakers, a small independent production is maintaining the number 1 spot on the nation’s box office charts with its captivating story about the plight of the Sand People of the West. Dune 2, a film directed and produced by Denis Villeneuve, is expected to take over $20 million at the box...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A semi-retired white goods retailer who lives in a 6 bedroom house with nobody but his stay-at-home second wife and the occasional daughter who is visiting from London, has today finally conceded that maybe the nation's housing market is geared against young Australians. "I don't know how anyone thinks these kids are supposed to get ahead" says Bruce Bronson...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The one friend who says the most offensive things you've ever heard come out of the mouth of anyone in your extended social circle, is also the most likely to help you when the going gets tough, new research has confirmed. The study was commissioned by the independent sociology thinktank known as Researchers Examining Australian Loyalties, Liabilities, Interests, Friendships...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Two of Australia's most passionate music fanbases are set to join hands and joyfully skip through the green fields of North Byron's natural ampitheatre this winter, as the South Brisband Maoris and inner-Sydney gays finally unite as one. After several years plagued by weather events, pandemics, and a generation of youths who spent their teenage years indoors - it...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Temperes have flared outside a Senate inquiry investigating the major supermarkets this afternoon, as the unknown Nationals senator Ross Cadell and Independent MP Bob Katter traded barbs over whether or not we should be meddling into the affairs of the corporations that our Parliament answers to. Mr Katter spoke to The Betoota Advocate about the incident moments ago. SEE HEADLINE...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Today is February 29, which is a date you might not have really ever heard much about because it only. comes around once every 4 years. Basically, it's a leap year, which means February is one day longer and we get an extra 24 hours in the calendar year. Please try and bare with us as we explain this...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The NSW Police Force will march in Saturday’s Mardi Gras after much deliberation between the parade's organisers and a whole range of poltiicians and high-ranking cops. The decision has immediately repaired a strained relationship between the NSW police and the queer community. While they had been uninvited, NSW Police were given permission to attend this afternoon, following an agreement between...

JOH ROGERSON | Career Expert | CONTACT One thing a lot of people don't tell you is that upper management is no joke! Whether you're running a business, a sporting team, a church, a political party, or a state police force currently in the midst of a generationally damaging erosion of public trust. It's not easy at the top. People are living busy lives...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACT A 70-year-old military veteran and a 25-year-old Melbourne creative formed an unlikely bond last week, after discovering they both have seen some horrific things in Naarm. Denny Redgum (70), a Queensland military veteran was called up for duty once again - after being ordered to take one of his granddaughters to see Taylor Swift in Victoria. What he encountered while...