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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT To the relief of millions around the country today, Australia’s ethnic language public broadcaster SBS has saved the day. SBS, or Sex Before Soccer as it is more commonly known, has been given the rights to broadcast all of the remaining World Cup group games from Optus. This comes after the multinational telco absolutely butchered the coverage of arguably the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT After years worth of research, anthropologists have managed to identify the distinguishable traits of the migration route from Bondi to Bali. Royal Betoota University has released the mapping of the ‘Greater Bondi Bubble’ today, confirming the large migration route between the pseudo-spiritual hubs of Australasia. Project Researcher Delilah Ashbury sat down with The Advocate today to explain the findings. “So, basically...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A vulnerable local man just trying to make his way home after finishing work at his local bar job, has tonight called on muscle memory in preparation for what feels like an imminent assault from a group of strangers. Even though he walks this route two-to-three times a week after dark, John is never too careful about the types...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local Northern Beaches surf club matriarch has today disgusted her teenage sons by revealing she is still able to recognise sexually attractive men. While at the surf club with friends on Saturday night, 54-year-old Brookie Overhl was seen to be quite vocal about how handsome some of these younger footballers are. "Jeez there's some good lookers out there these...

Spicing things up for episode 15 with conservative Murdoch commentator and columnist Miranda Devine. We ask the big questions this week and Miranda tells us how she processes the things she writes, in episode 15 of The ever popular Betoota Advocate Podcast. Editors Clancy Overell and Errol Parker sit down with the controversial right-wing commentator, as she draws correlations between gay...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's favourite native parrot from in the mid-1990s is due for comeback, it has been confirmed. Bird enthusiasts say that unless you are out there bird watching, there's no chance you'll see a rainbow lorikeet anymore, and that they need to come back. "No one has even so much as seen one of these things on a balcony in the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Actress Rebel Wilson's record defamation payout from magazine publisher Bauer Media has been slashed from $4.5 million to just $600,000 by Victoria's Court of Appeal - as the tabloid empire flew as close to accountability as they've ever been. Bauer Media will only have to pay less than a quarter of what they were originally on the hook for,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As Queensland high schools begin celebrating their year 12 formals, the 34 different bright pink stretch hummerzine companies in the South East Corner say they are completely booked out until after the Gold Coast 600. With exams around the corner, excited high schoolers across the nation are being treated to a little bit of glam before the studying begins. For...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local Betoota-based murderer who made a few headlines before he got caught will spend the rest of his life in prison without any form of glorification, it has been confirmed. Beaudeane Mopp (35) had the eye of the greater Diamantina Shire for a while there, before ultimately being located and arrested without any signs of resist. Despite being technically...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following the news that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse on October 22 this year, state governments are already planning their distribution of compensation to the thousands of historical abuse survivors around the country. The victims of child abuse in Australia's religious and state institution are looking to get just...