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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Arthur Riesling irritated many at a Gatsby-themed party last night. The film student from Betoota's French Quarter did so during a shindig at a local sharehouse with a number of other guests. Attending a Gatsby-themed party on a Wednesday night, as only university students can do, Reisling was reportedly hell-bent on putting everything into his outfit. "All right chaps," he allegedly...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull is reportedly ready to flex, after the news that he will be making his first major media appearance since his last address as outgoing Prime Minister more than two months ago. Mr Turnbull is set to appear on ABC’s Q&A live on Thursday, November 8 at 8pm AEDT, where he is expecting to answer questions...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A morbidly obese Betoota Heights resident has today made it clear that he will not be leaving the couch for at least a fortnight. Luke Lockett (31) a website programmer who works from home, says that while he isn't actually that well known for leaving the house, the next few weeks will be his most anti-social yet. As he...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Just when a Scottish Backpacker was beginning to think he may have to jump on a Viber call to his parents back home, the world handed him a lifeline. Gregor Boyle was doing it tough down in the harbour city of Sydney, with rejection after rejection starting to take its toll. Unable to get a labouring gig for his...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local mother irrationally went through a raft of scenarios in her head moments ago. The young mum of 2 has stayed true to her pledge not to drink during the month of October so far, notching up day number 19 today. However, despite not having had an alcoholic beverage in nearly three weeks, Mahlia Vincent (29) was still shitting bricks...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Byron Bay's newest power couple, Victorian actor Liam Hemsworth and his American fiancee Miley Cyrus have reportedly gone 'full Byron'. This comes after spending the last few years on an off in the North New South Wales with the other Hemsworth siblings. The A-list couple called off their first engagement in 2013, but rekindled their romance in January 2016 while...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Thanks to an explosive leak from inside the Coalition Party Room, the government's updated plan for the asylum seekers detained on Nauru can be unveiled today. The Betoota Advocate can exclusively reveal that the Morrison lead Government plans to blame the whole issue on an 'administrative error.' This comes after Government senators voted with Pauline Hanson on her 'It's OK to...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Many around the country have been following the two young popstar Royals around the harbour city of Sydney today, with all of major mainstream news organisation’s covering every little move Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make, as well as the minutia of the outfit that the Duchess of Sussex is wearing of course. Landing in the country yesterday,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local man has today worked up the courage to order his first ever cocktail at a trendy bar in Betoota’s meat packing district. According to Jack Scales (29) the menu may as well have been in Japanese, with none of the cocktail names meaning anything to him at all. After staring at the menu and pretending he knew...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia has cast himself back into the headlines again today after calling for a drastic action to contain a potential threat to pub feeds around the nation. Barnaby Joyce told The Betoota Advocate just moments ago that he will be calling for an urgent recall on all Club Sandwiches across Australia, after finding...