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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact In what can only be a true sign of reconciliation, in 2013 Betoota voted in the first Lord Mayor of Catholic heritage. It was only recently that Councillor Keith only clarified his families ‘question marks' when he was caught out ordering the fish special at the Betoota Hotel. However, the former roo-shooter has revealed that he has...

15 January, 2015. 13:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The increasingly irrelevant "Youth Radio Network" Triple J has once again been rescued from an obscure start to the new year with the annual social media buzz surrounding the upcoming "Hottest 100". The countdown, which is a chance for "Triple J listeners" to get together and vote for the countries favourite 100 homegrown...

15 Janurary, 2015. 13:06   ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact INTERNATIONAL pop sensation Miley Cyrus and underground hero Bob Dylan have both had intimate photos leaked - just days before their albums go on sale. Shockingly, representatives for Dylan have yet to answer requests for comment. The 73-year-old's Instagram account and Twitter have fallen silent in the past 12 hours as his team...

14 January, 2015. 15:00 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | Contact After decades of pressure and debate, as well as an official application submitted by the International Basketball Federation, the IOC have this week confirmed that a three-men-a-side basketball variant will be included as a part of the official event program for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The final decision was made quietly during...

13 January, 2015. 12:15 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SOCIAL MEDIA and parts of Nigeria are on fire today as news of Jennifer Lopez's Golden Globes "nip slip" surfaces. Also, France is still in shock after the deadly shootings in Paris which left 17 people dead. But there has been another shocking death toll in recent days with reports of hundreds, possibly thousands,...

12 January, 2015. 15:00 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact GREG Norman has returned to the golf course for the first time since his chainsaw accident. In September last year, Norman injured his left hand with the power tool as he trimmed a tree in his Los Angeles garden. However, The Daily Mail revealed in December that Norman had in fact lost his hand due to...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | [email protected] It was a shock discovery for the 79-year old self-confessed “sports nut” Alan Starkey over the weekend, during an annual family brunch celebrating his wife Irene’s 75th Birthday. A heated discussion around the dining room table at Mr Starkey’s South Betoota residence on Sunday morning resulted in the former boxer and junior Rugby League coach...

23 April, 2015. 15:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] IN JANUARY Kanye West told us he was the "Only One" - with his much-talked about collaboration with Paul McCartney. A world first for cross-genre collaborations and the first single released by Kanye since his last solo album "Yeezus" in 2013. It was during these sessions in the studio that McCartney, the...

10 January, 2015. 15:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE Islamic State is reportedly being forced to start using hybrid vehicles as their fuel supply begins to run out. Since July, the US has been targeting oil infrastructure inside ISIS-controlled Iraq and Syria to remove their capability to refine oil in to fuel. Toyota has been planning a diesel-electric version of its...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | [email protected] 9 December, 2014. 19:55 Today, after years of close association, The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club has formally entered the inner sanctum of the Hillsong Church - they are now owned by them. This is the first time a professional sporting team in has been bought by a religious organisation and is what some describe as...