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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Australia's world-renowned Outback Chinese restaurants have today been rated as the most viable industry in Western Queensland, according to a recent report by the Australian Financial Review. For the first time ever, the sector has been listed number one, just ahead of roo-shooting, poker machine gambling and professional sport. AFR analysts believe their industries stronghold comes after...

31 May, 2015. 14:34 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local man, Eddie O'Farrell says being called 'babe' by a sixteen-year-old is one of the most distressing things he has to deal with each year. The 31-year-old carpenter says visiting retail stores at his local Westfield is terrifying, mainly due to fact that his annual encounter with General Pants floor staff makes him feel like...

29 May, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact WHENEVER QUIET DYLAN MORGAN'S mother tells him to stand up straight, he mutters something under his breath that typically results in a clip under the ear. Speaking to The Advocate via Skype this morning, the 16-year-old revealed his mother never lets him wear what he wants - and she always makes him...

26 May, 2015. 14:34 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local man, Campbell Bligh (55) says that the Australian Government should not have to apologise for things that happened several decades ago. After observing yesterday's 19th anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report, Mr Bligh still can't believe former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd went out of his way to apologise to the Stolen Generations in...

26 May, 2015. 14:34 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The NRL has announced that all players and officials are on notice after the police issued an official warning to discourage footballers for consorting with convicted criminals. "We are aware that majority of our fan base is made up of unsavoury characters. Please avoid celebrating alongside fans in the grandstand after a try. This...

23 May, 2015. 17:44 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Parramatta half-back Kieran Foran has thanked NewsCorp for their kind words and support during his darkest hour, it has been confirmed. In late April, the Eel's star recruit was granted a leave of absence by the club to deal with mental health concerns, in a story that grabbed headlines across print, radio and TV. Rumours...

23 May, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THINKING THAT SOMETHING MAGIC might happen during this year's State of Origin competition, one NSW Blues fan took a look at the side announced today, before putting his ticket on Gumtree. Choosing to move on with his life, career roofer Glenn Backladdy said he'd rather not let himself be absorbed in the hoopla...

23 May, 2016. 10:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AFTER A LACKLUSTRE DEBUT for the world-champion Fiji Rugby Sevens team in London last week, superstar athlete Jarryd Hayne is considering what his future holds - saying it hinges on whatever his next lifelong dream is. Admitting to a growing media pack outside Twickenham Stadium yesterday, the 27-year-old Dally M winner said he's...

INGRID DOULTON OAM | Let’s Talk Sense | CONTACT In the late sixties, a young women working in media was nothing more than a pin cushion for the hands of seedy old executives, but I knew what I had to do if I was going to get where I needed to go. There I was. A single 23-year-old working in a city that I barely...

20 May, 2016. 09:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact INSPIRED BY THE DECADENCE and grand opulence of general admission areas of racecourses around Australia, affordable fashion label Tarocash has debuted a selection of high-quality garments to screaming crowds in Sydney this morning. They're designed to be a low-cost alternative to what else is on offer, with some suggestion that the trendy threads...