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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT For 63-year-old Dennis Costello, the idea of a cab driver simply being from 'The Goldie' is a bit unrealistic. Upon getting into the cab one the way from the airport this arvo, the semi-retired aviation maintenance consultant from Brisbane's Northern Suburbs was quick to notice the slight accent, as well as the noticeably not white skin of his driver. "Where...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Ponds personal trainer has admitted to The Advocate this afternoon that the only thing that previously stopped him from getting a sleeve tattoo was the seven fucks he had left to give. However, upon reading New York Times Bestseller, The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck, Dennis Pooley cast those fucks to the wayside and booked an appointment...

Mia Nguyen (20) shocked her peers today. The young Media and Arts Production student at the Betoota Polytechnic was simply out purchasing lunch with a couple of her friends from university, when she caused a stir. Nguyen, like most of the students in town lives pretty week to week with with most of the cash from her Youth Allowance...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Grammy-award-winning Alaskan band Portugal. The Man has reportedly 'had their heart ripped out' over some developing news that Paul from Caboolture, on Queensland's answer to the Amalfi Coast, no longer likes their music and now hates them. The news comes after the touring Alaskan band pulled out of a gig with controversial breakfast television show, Sunrise, citing the broadcast surrounding Aboriginal...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local pool water purity specialist named Jimmy Recard is actually not very fun to be around, despite the expectation that comes with his name. Recard (33) has never once had glasses raised to him as though he was the king of the bar, in fact he doesn't really go out that much. "I'm more into gaming" he says. "And not...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It was supposed to be a nice night out on the town. Two glasses of house red, perhaps a two-sentence half-laugh conversation with a stranger about a parking meter. Dinner was also on the cards - for dessert, a comedy show at the Betoota Heights PCYC. The night was Filip Doolan's oyster and things could not...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Society | Contact Betoota Valley carpenter Jackson Alexander (28) has today got back the results to a blood test insisted upon by his doctor – and things don’t look good. For the majority of homo sapiens, 60% their body is made up of water, however, in Jackson’s case, his bloodwork revealed he is in fact 80% iced...

 TRACEY BENDINGER | Society | Contact It’s the most boring part of every flight, and for Shantell Skynner the in-flight safety demonstration is particularly painstaking today. Shantell, who is an air hostess on board Diamantina Air’s Sydney to Betoota flight, is today struggling to hide her lack of interest in the passengers’ safety. “If there’s an emergency, get into the brace position,”...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact Harley Billings (26) has shown his commitment to a new cause today, after ordering a pub meal, and specifically requesting salad, instead of chips. The happily engaged teacher from the Golf Course Estate told our reporters today that he had promised himself, and his partner that he was going to give this whole diet thing...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Friends of Joshua Blade-Morgan say he's a bright young man - which is why he often collects all the facts before making his judgement. "That's why I guess he's so apathetic toward those UberEats cyclists," said one pal. "He understands we live in a vapid, soulless and capitalistic world that's wholly dictated by the almighty dollar. Which is why he often...