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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former Prime Minister and current face of the Australian 'No Campaign' Tony Abbott has been photographed today spraying a hose into a post box out front of his daughter's house in suburban Melbourne. It is believed the staunch Catholic member for Waringah was attempted to damage and destroy his daughter's survey response for the Australian same-sex marriage postal...

WENDEL HUSSEY | Editor | CONTACT A local man who files fraudulent tax returns every year has thrown his support behind Pauline Hanson and her proposed ABC reforms. The 63-year-old credit analyst from a reasonably small financial institution in Sydney's Northern Beaches has told the Advocate today that he is “bloody fed up” with his hard earned taxpayer dollars being spent on the “communist institution”...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Two complete strangers have formed a lifelong bond while desperately trying to stimulate their brains in the depths of Betoota's boutique shopping district. Pat (30) and Joe (26) were randomly placed next to each other by their respective girlfriends on the courtesy 'boyfriend chair' outside the iconic Western Queensland retailer, Sascha's. Pat says he had sat in complete silence for close to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local punter's afternoon catch up has been spoiled today, after he was ambushed by every single WiFi network in the Betoota Metro shopping centre, at the same time. Mark Allen (29) was reminiscing in the glory days of the Canberra Raiders while drinking with a mate at a nearby pub, before his stream of Ken Nagas' famous 'shut...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Depending on which one you talk to, each member of an infamous sharehouse in Betoota's Old City district will tell you that they're not the one to blame for the washing up spiralling out of control. Beginning life last Saturday night after a small gathering of friends, the washing up from that humdinger was left...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local bloke who spent a fortnight in New York City in 2015 is absolutely immune to the condition known as as jet lag, or desynchronosis, which results from alterations to the body's circadian rhythms resulting from rapid long-distance travel. "Yeah, it's just a state of mind" says local radio sales producer, Keiran West "I just don't get it. I feel sorry...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT An avid Betoota-based Instagram user has today given a kick to her most recent upload - by describing the photograph with a spaced out caption. While the photograph shows her enjoying a pretty standard Sunday barbecue with friends, local girl Sophia has decided to stretch out her description of the afternoon by emphasising what day it is using the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Wally Lewis statue is the newest historical monument to be scrutinised today – as the global debate about glorifying unsavoury historical figures in bronze and stone statues makes its way to Australian soil. NSW Activists say that the oppression of New South Wales football fans should not be glorified on the steps of one of Australia's most visited entertainment...

INGRID DOULTON | OPINION | CONTACT Conservative commentators and the seven or so thousand people that watch their late night programs on Sky News, are fuming today - as the American debate about glorifying unsavoury historical figures in bronze and stone statues makes it's way to Australian soil. It started with Stan Grant's comments that Captain Cook did not discover Australia, which was closely...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After a big day of being pushed around by adults who just don't get it, Federal Senator Sam 'Dasher' Dastyari has turned to the only person who fully understands him, Marshall Mathers III. Dasher, 34, says when he's getting weighed under with the pressure of being the youngest Labor representative in the upper house, he always throws on a...