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CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Once again, Australia is stuck in the middle of a culture wars debate over whether or not it is appropriate, or tasteful, to celebrate the first day of what came very close to the successful genocide of Aboriginal people. While right-wing politicians and left-wing media pundits smash this hot button issue in a quest for relevance, and boomers...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Local concrete cutter, Don Snebbes has today hit a date with the missus for six. As a keen swimmer and surfer, the 33-year-old spends a fair bit of time at the beach by himself. His wife, Zali, says she never thought much of his hobbies until this afternoon's trip to his 'secret beach' for sundowners on their bi-monthly date...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT In a refreshing change for both the government and voters, Scotty From Marketing has been able to start 2021 without any marketing at all. January 26th looks like it was pass through without a ripple this year, as the Prime Minister appears to be experiencing just enough goodwill with his voters to not have to press racist hot...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Still reeling from the shock 2019 election loss to the Liberal Party, a group of Labor voters from Betoota's cosmopolitan French Quarter have once again found themselves analysing what Albo could be doing better to appeal to everyday Australians like them. Mason, Hunter, Venetia, Benji, Agapantha and Adele all initially met each other at University in the early...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT The people of Far North Queensland are exhaling, for now, as Cyclone Kimi weakens into a category one system and forecasters said on Tuesday it now appeared unlikely to cross the coast. Towns up the Far North had earlier been battening down the hatches as the tropical cyclone lurked off the coast as a category two. This is exciting...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Local Newtown based digital campaigner, Desiderata Atkinson (35) can finally move on this week. It's been a big 6 months, but she's finally done it. She has finally pressured a multinational diary company into making a symbolic gesture towards a community of people that more than likely pays four times as much for their products due to regional...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT One of the town's biggest defenders of personal freedoms has this week blown a fuse over the idea that a multinational dairy company might want to change their name. This comes as the iconic Coon Cheese has been renamed Cheer Cheese, after decades of Australians pretending to ignore the rather obvious racist connotations associated with the word. While in...

Betoota Down's service station owner, Bruce Muffet, has tonight been hailed a hero, after preemptively stocking up his bain-marie with fresh crispy chicken strips, wings and God’s golden gift, potato gems. As the drunk revelers stumbled through his sliding doors, calls of ‘you fucking beauty’ and ‘Bruce, you’ve done it again!’ Could be heard slurring out their mouths. Humble in his...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT As is often the case when the Prime Minister puts his phone on flight mode and takes off for one of his trimonthly family holidays, it seems the Coalition Government is once again at the point of collapse. As has been reported diligently by The Betoota Advocate this week, the National Party looks as though they might be...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT A regional epicentre has today been given that extra oomph it needed to become a Californian beachfront city. Amidst all of the alcohol-fuelled pub violence and houso blow-ups, the 10,000 person town of Avablue, is now very la-di-da. Some say it might have been when the surf club unveiled an espresso martini tap, others say it was when Taskforce Maxima...