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31 December, 2016. 15:03 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S been a big year for us at The Betoota Advocate, from our various appearances on the ABC' to our partnership with HarperCollins to publish our first of many almanacks. We thank you for helping us grow from a modest country rag to a national news source - covering the biggest stories...

    31 December, 2014. 08:59 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected]   This festive season is shaping up to be a desperate time for many dog breeders, as increasing pressure from animal rights extremists has seen a sharp decline in the sales for many traditional Australian puppy farms. “It’s been a tough year for all of us, the sales are way way down in what has traditionally...

30 December, 2014. 13:09 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE LATEST DISAPPEARANCE of an airliner is causing a worldwide shortage of tin foil as millions around the world begin fashioning hats made from the malleable metal. The hats have entered vogue with everyday people as the latest airline vanishing has made it socially acceptable to harbour even the most wild conspiracy. Traditionally,...

20 July, 2016 14:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It's finally here, the app that thousands of young men and women have been waiting for, CREEPCHECK! A smartphone application created to help people "not sound like psychos" when texting their crushes. Have you ever sent a late-night message to a significant other that makes your cringe the next morning? The answer is probably yes....

28 December, 2014. 12:51 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BOXER DANNY GREEN has allegedly been charged with "an act of piracy" after trying to lead a mutiny against Perpetual Loyal skipper Anthony Bell. The 100-foot supermaxi was reported to have withdrawn from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race yesterday after taking on water near Eden on the far south coast of...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | CONTACT 26 December, 2014. 10:55 As some of the most passionate cricket fans in the world, this summer series has brought about noticeable frustrations for the Australian-based Indian cricket fans, a community that also makes up a large majority of Australian cab drivers. With their team down two-nil down halfway through a four-Test series, the Indian-born Australian cab drivers simply refuse...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT SHERWOOD, QLD (AAP) - DEVELOPING STORY: Police have been called to a western Brisbane address this afternoon after an intoxicated father refused to stop playing Paul Kelly's "How To Make Gravy" on repeat. The alleged was seen by family and friends to be "hogging" the auxiliary cable of his family's new BOSE sound system. He was heard slurring the following: "All you...

24 December, 2014. 06:24 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] FROM THE EDITOR: The Betoota Advocate would like to wholeheartedly apologise to the hardworking volunteers and administrators at the RSPCA's Queensland chapter for misinformation that went to print on December 21st. We would like to also apologise, wholeheartedly, to our readers as well. Our brief brush with sensationalism has left them feeling rather sullied - with...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT An independent study into nightlife-district-related violence has shown that restrictions on the late-night sale of alcohol and a 1am lockout on weekends in the central Newcastle suburb of Hamilton have failed to prevent young people from flogging the piss out of each other. In 2012, it was ruled that the CBD venues of Newcastle were banned from...

22 December, 2014. 13:12 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A SANTA AT Western Sydney shopping centre has been arrested in front of horrified shoppers this morning. In a mid-morning operation, police swooped on the suspect while he was working as a Santa at Westfield Parramatta. Police allowed the man to change out of his costume to minimise the trauma to the children...