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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A formerly awkward teenager has returned back to town after schoolies week with a bit of swag, and a new pair of sunnies, it has been confirmed. After pulling back into the drive-way of the family home in his dark green 1994 VW Golf, the whole neighbourhood stops for a moment to take in the new man. The 17-year-old...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A bunch of awkward blokes that are turning into a bunch of drunk awkward blokes at the TAB the Lord Kidman Hotel in Betoota's Old City District, don't look like they are having much fun. In fact, according to witnesses this apparent bucks party looks like it's pretty shit This could be because they could be a fatal concoction...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local sharehouse is currently at panic stations this afternoon after a spider was spotted by two of its residents in the living room. The 4 bedroom sharehouse in Betoota's French Quarter is currently being held hostage by a moderately sized huntsman spider. Spotted a few minutes ago by two of the residents, the Huntsman has caused emergency response crews...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The once-struggling Channel Country General Hospital in Bedourie is reportedly sorting through a backlog of thousands of rural placement requests. This follows the area's well-noted transformation from a sleepy fruit growing district into one of Western Queensland's most praised wine regions. As seen in Central West New South Wales, Southern Western Australia and most of the districts surrounding Adelaide -...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local Taxi Driver is being lauded with praise today, after managing to squeeze in some weather conversation before launching into his Uber rant. The 52-year-old man from the Flightpath District named Peter Lee managed to pull off the feat a short time ago as he picked a passenger up from Betoota Airport. The cabbie of nigh on 30 years made...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Judging by Tim Bearfoot’s tenth consecutive Instagram story this afternoon, he is on a boat. The stories have been a mixture of selfie videos and poorly framed wider contextual shots of the boat and its wake as he cruises around somewhere of the Queensland coast. This influx of sharing has come as a surprise to his followers as the young...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Jane Harris (@ImStillJaneyFromTheBlock) is in mourning today after her childhood dog, Chester, was fatally bitten by a snake while out exploring on her family’s hobby farm. This tragedy was made known by a heart-warming tribute she posted for her dead pet on social media, a one hundred percent human exclusive medium. ‘Goodbye Chester, you were more than a dog, you...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact “Do you have any gum?” Kayla Wakefield asked her Uber driver. “No, I don’t have any gum, but I do have some cognitive enhancement supplements,” replied the driver. Not pausing for Kayla’s response and seemingly without drawing breath, the driver launched into a well-rehearsed sales pitch. “Have you seen the movie Limitless? Wouldn’t it be great if there was a pill...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's first Pentecostal Christian Prime Minister has today been accused of sticking his head in the sand and not identifying clearly anti-social behaviour within his own religious community. Critics say they cannot understand how, as one of the 300,000 Australians that adhere to the renewal movement within Protestant Christianity, Morrison failed to report the actions of a man he...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Claire Harris has found herself wishing she kept her mouth shut this morning after a conversation with an old codger on the bus has just entered its third round of questioning. It’s understood Claire made her first mistake when she politely greeted the old man as she sat down next to him, it was this simple greeting that opened...