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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local tech start-up co-founder used to think he had everything in life - until he bought a Tesla. Gone were the days Mark O'Regan needed to steer his car down the Diamantina Developmental Road to Windorah - he now has a car that does that laborious task for him. He told The Advocate that there's not much he'd change about...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact There was a time when Dennis Pooley could watch live sport at home, but after losing his home through a gambling addiction, nowadays he simply cannot bring himself to do it. The 28-year-old told The Advocate that he had every reason to be happy in life - he had a stable job at South Betoota Polytechnic College, a wife...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Heads are set to roll at the national broadcaster next week as Triple J launches an investigation this morning into allegations that somebody on staff played a country music track yesterday. (I Ain't) As Good As I Once Was by US singer-songwriter Toby Keith was allegedly played at 7:34 pm last night during Good Night's...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Popular franchise business Jim's Group has created controversy today by announcing that they're looking to capitalise on the recent growth in the domestic narcotics market by offering a new mezzanine-level franchise option. Jim's Bags, named after the small resealable bags made famous by drug dealers around the world, is the newest franchise offered by Jim's Group - which...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights man has fronted court this morning after being charged with torture earlier this week. Darryl Norman Carmichael (42) was found to be in possession of an empty Tim Tam tray which he sadistically left in his fridge for other family members to find. His wife, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, made...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It's been four weeks since the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and the visas of eight Cameroonian athletes are due to expire at midnight tonight. "Times up," said Immigration minister, Peter Dutton. He called a press conference today to address the issue, which he hosted out in the middle of Carrara Stadium around 5pm. "In just over nine hours time,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The unexpected and unplanned conception of Avale'igh Grant has resulted in a rush of excitement for the close friends of the regional infant's teenage mother. While most young mother's spend the early stages of parenthood researching future childcare options, Avale'igh's mother, Janeighce (17), has been exhausting herself trying to keep up with the random visits from vague high...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A merchant banker has been forced to take time out of his hectic afternoon to address growing allegations that his youngest son, who chooses to live life as an 'adlay', is not hard at all and actually a 'toy cunt'. John Pearson, who specialises in Emerging Markets at Goldman Sach's Old City District offices, said...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Observing the men currently building the fence blocking the public from accessing the top of Parliament House this morning, the Prime Minister saw them sitting around in a circle at 10 am in some sort of ritual. Malcolm Turnbull, intrigued by this Pagan-type doing, asked his driver to stop. He strode confidently up the hill toward the workmen to ask...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact If the last Royal Wedding was anything to go by, a polite and homely homemaker from Betoota Grove has purchased a substantial amount of alcohol in preparation for the party she's hosting on the big day. Wanda Coleman, of Greenbow Road, was seen picking out grog down at the Cobb & Co Cellars in the...