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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In a sign that things are starting to get worse here in our cosmopolitan desert community, a local sexagenarian has put away the cloth mask his sister-in-law made last year from an old shirt and slipped on an N95 doomsday shield. They retail for close to $10 each in the French Quarter but 67-year-old retiree...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A digital book library for people with ADHD has been put into a local woman's junk drawer until the world stops spinning today as her summer holiday to the coast ends and the office opens back up. French Quarter city worker Rachael Carmichael only received the Kindle for Christmas from her live-in boyfriend, Kelvin, who...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Lockdowns are set to continue in 2022 after Prime Minister Scott Morrison told journalists today in Canberra that they'll become a thing of the past. In recent weeks, whatever the Prime Minister has said in regards to pretty much anything has been met with backflips weeks later. Which is why many in the community are tipping...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT When local bloke Ian Haversford bought a Mustang, he expected to earn a lot of attention from the ladies. In fact, that's partly why he bought it. This same vein of thought has also led him to work hard at the gym, resulting in an upper body that looked as though Zeus himself carved it. But unfortunately, Ian has had...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | Contact There are some traditions that last the test of time and for local woman Tegan Sowry , watching Harry Potter while feeling like utter dog shit is one of them. Much to the annoyance of her partner, Tegan always insisted on watching one of the Potter movies after a big night out, as there...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights mother-of-four has told her children to stay the fuck away from pubs, clubs and whatever the hell young people do these days because if they catch the Sydney Sneeze, somebody is going to get it. This Christmas, Wendy Dodson is pushing the boat out. Lunch will be large, both sides of the family...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT A gorgeous climate change activist and former Wallabies captain has today thrown their hat in the political ring by announcing a run as a candidate for the ACT Senate, it’s reported. David Pocock hung up his sneakers in 2020 and has instead turned his focus to conservation efforts, which has seen him take part in non-violent protests, campaigns...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A triple-vaccinated young man who's spent the last two years talking down the dangers of this so-called superflu has retired to his home for the next week or so until he heads to Europe. Speaking to The Advocate about the prospect of finally being allowed to go home to see family and friends, Danish...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local woman has committed to ruining the only day her mother truly enjoys by telling her uncle that cricketing Jesus Don Bradman was actually extremely racist and anti-Catholic and because of that, he deserves to be posthumously cancelled. As for why she wants to disturb the uneasy peace between her and under Uncle...

MIGUEL MARTINEZ | Metro | Contact "It’s never been a secret that the fucking insurance companies are a bunch of crooks," French quarter resident, Franco Lorenzo told our reporter. "But all you Aussie cunts pay for that shit, right? What were you expecting?" Mr Lorenzo revealed to The Advocate that his company would regularly purchase cheap cars at the local auction...