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LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTThey say travel broadens the horizon and that may be true for intrepid traveller Henry Voss (19) who has learnt that sometimes he can be a total fucking dumbass.On a matching-shirted boys trip across Europe, Voss made the choice on the first night of the Contiki tour to hold up his end of the matching tattoo deal they...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Two young fellas from our town's vapid, soulless Heights district are set to link up tonight for some good, old-fashioned power drinking after the rain reportedly scared away any young ladies planning to head out after work for some brain varnish. "Mulligans?" asked Mike Dudley to John Dormer. Both Mr Dudley and Mr Dormer have no...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs Sydney cops yet another day of soggy weather courtesy of La Niña, many people have braced themselves for a slow and steamy build-up for what has already been called the city's 'wettest year on record.'However, though the Sydney's Observatory Hill weather station has stated that 2022 has now narrowly beat the rain record set in 1950, some...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the Australian working class continue to battle in the face of comical rent spikes and in impenetrable property market, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to scrap the staged roll-out of tax cuts for the rich that were left behind by Scotty From Marketing. The pressure is now on for the Albanese government to scrap...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A well-meaning-ally to many is looking for a job, he says, but one where he can use his education and brain to do. That doesn't mean Gilby Freeman thinks people who work in jobs like unskilled construction labour, disability support work and hospitality don't use their brain, he just wants to have a job that's...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Despite calling them another name beginning with R, a Betoota Heights tradesperson reckons he'll give R-plate drivers enough space to feel safe and sincerely told The Advocate that he'll treat them as if they're cyclists. After Nic Iraklidis said that to our reporter, he accused our reporter of trying to make him laugh. "Oi, don't...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A man from Queensland's Amalfi Coast has been blown away by the number of options he has for his new front door, which is set to be placed on the front of his new home in just a few weeks. With his defacto life partner Penelope by his side and 38-month-old moocher Liam following close...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Some bloke who lives in his electric blue shitbox down at the Lake Betoota boat ramp says it's a refreshing change to have politicians that don't outright lie to you. A year ago, Doug Morgan was living in a shitbox flat in Lake Betoota but during the pandemic, remote-working yopro yuppie cunts and their grey-haired...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAfter copping some major backlash on the Twittersphere for making the seventh episode almost impossible to see, House Of The Dragon director Miguel Sapochnik admits he may have taken his creative licence a little bit too far, but not before trying to defend his weird stylistic choices. For those who don’t know Sapochnik, he was also the mastermind behind...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A group of suits filling themselves up with piss this afternoon down at the Lord Lehman Hotel in the Old City are probably from Credit Suisse as the finance giant allegedly teeters on the brink of total collapse. Onlookers admit the Corporate Johnnys could also be from Deutsche Bank, which is also on the brink...