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LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT With warmer weather and prematurely festive businesses reminding you you’re about to go broke spending money buying presents for people, local man Jacob Burton (26) has realised Christmas is now close enough for him to write off an overdue visit to nans until December 25th. Despite working part-time, Burton still manages to find time to complain about work and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT For more than an hour, a white 1993 Ford Bronco has been making its way across metropolitan New South Wales. Behind it, a convoy of NSW police cars trailing the SUV through 50 kilometres of Sydney City. Above, police and TV helicopters hover like wedge-tail eagles. This follows the revelations made by stage actor Mark Winter, who played Edgar...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT The reputation of Wanderlust stricken traveller Casey Lee (24) is in tatters as the aspiring second-year uni student was unable to produce a photo at the airport departure sign, casting doubt on whether or not she even went overseas at all. Having travelled to all the world’s most diverse locations where you can get a great picture wearing a...

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...