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EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA Betoota Heights woman has this week been identified as one of those ‘tumbling tray kids’, for having the messiest desk in the office, it’s reported. Former child, Tiah Bellingham has ruefully admitted to having been that Primary School kid whose tray was unable to close properly due to the sheer amount of unsorted books and random rubbish...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A young French Quarter man has today completed a significant phase of his life. Max Turpin-Smith (29) from our town's bohemian hub has finally tied the knot on his footballing career. The young outside back who once held dreams of moving to the east coast to pick up a contract has finally called time on his contact sport...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local man from Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett region has today proven to friends, family and his community that he can be guilty of not thinking things through. After enjoying a few schooners of full strength followed by some of his hometown’s finest, the Bundaberg man reportedly told his mates that he planned on driving home. Picking up his keys from...

CLYDE ROYAL |Western News| ContactRoad rules are one thing, but understanding road etiquette can get really difficult. The middle lane in particular has come up as a point of confusion. Interviewing a few locals at a heavily trafficked Betoota servo this week we found one lady who voiced a question she hadn’t yet found the answer to. Shannae Kuthly, a 25 year old...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTEmpty nesters Trish and Lazarus Tooley are preparing for the future by intentionally neglecting some upkeep in their backyard.Having once had three rambunctious kids running around their backyard, Trish and Laz invested in some play equipment as they believe kids should ‘do this wild thing called playing outdoors.’Although the swings have not swung in over a decade and...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTA local dad has made it clear that reality TV is not his cup of tea, something he is able to confirm after watching every last episode of the show he allegedly despises. First airing in 2015, Divorce Recourse Horse Course (DRHC) is a reality show by Network 10 in which separated couples try and heal their relationship by...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA woo girl’s quest to get a fruity drink has been foiled this afternoon, after she mistakenly assumed the bright orange cocktail she spotted on a nearby table would be enjoyable, it’s reported. Naomi Tattler is alleged to have made the error when she opted for an Aperol Spritz, asking the bartender if she could have ‘whatever that...

DR CHET SPEVENS | Finance Expert | CONTACTThey say it’s all about who you know in the hustling start-up scene. And that’s doubly true for entrepreneurs who have realised their start-up is actually a useless piece of shit, commercially speaking. But one thing I tell all of my start-up students is that a true hustler never gives up. Real entrepreneurs never lean...

RORY SALAZAR | Finance | ContactDr Benjamin Fergus has done more study and training than pretty much all Australians combined.  Not only did he spend 7 years studying to end up with a postgraduate medical degree, he also spent 2 years working as a shit kicking intern at the severely under resourced Betoota State Hospital, before doing another 5 years of anaesthetic training to...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA local graphic designer has been accused of appropriating blue collar culture this morning after turning up to his swanky desk job in a dockyard beanie.An article of headwear originally worn by deep sea fisherman, dockyard workers and blokes with a forklift licence, Albert Bard, 26, was spotted outside a new trendy cafe in the French...