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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local bloke at work has made point of reminding everyone that there was talk earlier this week about staff drinks. Corby Eatons (33) has popped his head into three different offices today asking fellow employees if they are 'still keen' for a cold ones in six hours. "Who's keen?" he says. "I think we should pop down to Gilroys at...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local woman, Sarah Parsonson (31) is starting to have second thoughts about settling down with her current boyfriend of five years, Alex. The fact that Alex has a steady income, positive career outlook, boyish good looks and comes from a nice family simply isn't enough, when she compares him to her first true love. Bogdan 'Draz' Drazic. "Alex is just so......

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As national debate rages over the proposed changes to the marital act, religious federal politicians such as Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison have taken to convincing Australia's working class into ticking NO in the upcoming postal vote - in a protest against political correctness. However, while the Christian Lobby and far-right factions of the Liberal party are making some traction...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A 19-year-old Tasmanian girl has held court for days with her vast litter of exotic and exciting fables, upon returning home to her family's village on the Western cape of the Apple Isle after a year abroad. Aside from several trips to Hobart for the arrival of the yachts, Corinna Strathgordon had never left her family home of Strahan...

ESSIE BURKE | Property & Government Corruption | CONTACT An artist's impression of a new library, holistic wellness centre and high-roller casino planned for the site of South Betoota's historic Masonic centre is unlikely to live up to its promise, it has been revealed. A Melbourne architectural firm released the conceptual drawings on Tuesday, which feature the usual expanse of futuristic-looking panels of glass that experts warn "look pretty shit" unless cleaned...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT An annoying bloke from work obviously doesn't punt much, because he's getting all worked up about making about 80 cents off a very safe bet. "You put anything on Winx, mate?" asks Dion - an annoying bloke who often tries to talk about blokey stuff. "Yeah. I did. Put a tenner on her. Jeez she had me worried for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's Catholic church has today revealed they will deal with the whole deeply entrenched culture of protecting child abusers, once they fire teachers, nurses and students who are gay. This comes after the LGBTI community vocalise their fears that the government may bolster laws permitting religious schools to discriminate against gay students and teachers as a result of the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A die-hard Wallabies fan says Australian rugby is in such a poor state because the growing underclass don't understand or care about the gentleman's game. John Whyte-Birmingham's comments come after the All Blacks destroyed the Wallabies 54-34 in their Bledisloe Cup encounter in Sydney last night. With the final scoreline in fact looking quite generous to the Wallabies, who were...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet Reporter | Contact A group of local friends had their mindless Facebook scrolling abruptly halted this afternoon after a couple of rounds of beers were introduced. The group of school friends were down enjoying a couple of schooners on a Sunday afternoon, and after the mundane ‘How was your week? Busy at work?’ style questions subsided the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Councillor Keith Carton says the new entertainment and dining options at the Betoota RSL will be a great addition to the eight-bar-two-restaurant community club at a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. "It was fair time we did something like this" he said. "A community club of this size should cater to all. Even the kids. For too long they have been told to...