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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Victorian man has learned today about the existence of the magpie goose, a combination of the country's most antisocial birds that live across the Top End. The magpie goose is an extremely mean-spirited bird, during nesting seasons, and will chase unsuspecting Queenslanders and Territorians without mercy. Often over hundreds of metres. There's also millions...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Australians around the country are reportedly complaining of a wet foot smell this morning, leaving the nation's peak meteorological body to explain why. The Bureau of Meteorology released a media alert this morning to reassure people that the smell is a normal part of the drying process for Sydney, which received over a hundred millimeters...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Kia's hotly-anticipated ute has been spotted in Betoota this afternoon after what's being described as a brutal testing programme in the Western Queensland heat, according to witnesses. The vehicle is much smaller than industry commentators were expecting, signalling a departure from the 'curb weight arms race' between car manufacturers that've seen utes get progressively bigger...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A young doctor at the Green Road Family Practice in the French Quarter has taken pity on an elderly member of our cosmopolitan desert community this morning by bulk-billing them for a 15-minute short consultation. A quick consult at the popular medical practice can cost upwards of $110, which the patient then has to claim...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact After a long, hard day made worse by the compounding pressure of modern life, Doug Mullon found himself seeking solace on the D45 electric trolley bus from the French Quarter to Betoota Heights. As he settled into his seat near the back of the bus, Doug's mind drifted away from the present, diving deep...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) has been lauded by the community after making himself useful over the weekend by glueing shut a number of key lockboxes in the French Quarter. Hundreds of lockboxes adorn private and public property in the French Quarter. Some are left illegally on the Jardin du Branlette...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Our Judeo-Christian society is returning to work today after four days of doing things we'd rather be doing if not for bills and other assorted obligations. The lucky ones were, anyway. Easter Monday traditionally celebrates the day that Jesus Christ spent in typical holiday traffic in Jerusalem. The day after he rose from the dead,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As the sun rises across the Christian world tomorrow, hundreds of millions of people will pause to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ, a popular and humble Palestinian Jew who was put to death by the Roman Empire in the year 33 AD. Mr Christ, who died at 33 years old after the Romans...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local city worker has spent a few moments this afternoon thumbing his was through the internet in an effort to saturate his dopamine receptors. Nelson Enele, a software engineer who breaks industry stereotypes by opting to work from the firm's Old City District office, found himself in a trove of AI art shortly...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact An elderly Greek-Australian has spoken to The Advocate today regarding the horror that's set to befall his community in the coming years. "Is over," said local man Adamantios Androutsopoulos. The 76-year-old has been living in our town's light industrial Betoota Ponds area since emigrating to Australia as a teenager. He worked in the Allawah...