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KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT A local bloke is patting himself on the back this evening after pulling off a well-planned date night. Having spent the last three years in a serious relationship with Tara Edwards, The Advocate understands North Betoota Heights man Jamie Kurtsworthy was hoping to surprise his partner with some much needed romance. However after taking advice from his sister...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA Brisbane man’s commute to the city has become mildly more interesting this morning, as he tunes into the local news playing out back home in Betoota. Having spent the last nine years of his life living and working in Brisvegas, Vince Carrigan (28) relies on Facebook to keep him up to date with who from high...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA Hottest 100 house party is pumping in the French Quarter this afternoon, as a rabble of young revellers tune in for the most culturally significant music moment of the year. With eskies full of Mango Seltzers and a Bunnings fold out table loaded with an assortment of hummus dips and corn chips, 48 Veja Street in...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA year five student has today had their ego knocked down a couple of pegs, after they’d wrongly assumed they had the best book covers. Jamie Grisham is said to have been heavily involved in stationary shopping with his mum this year, and had picked out the graffiti style book covers he’d been positively sure would be the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A line has been drawn in the sand today, from the South Coast of NSW all the way up past Noosa in Queensland. With summer rapidly coming to its conclusion, locals in coastal communities have confirmed they've had enough of a new beach trend. Those fucking beach shelters. One long time coastal community member named Noosa Sawtell...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT The public holiday with many names has arrived, prompting Beck Meinswell (28) to attend her local Survival Day rally. Arriving at Betoota Memorial Park, Meinswell listened to her local Indigenous elders and community leaders discuss the issues important to them before joining in the marching demonstration. However, the march wrapped up just before 11am, leaving Meinswell with a pretty empty...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The NSW Government has today detailed a fool-proof way to stop the current trend of both primary and high school teachers fleeing education at an unprecedented rate. Surprisingly, they've got no plans to address housing affordability in a manipulated property market - or even the stagnant wages that prevent educators from retiring before 75. Instead they're going to allow...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA group of girls have this week been forced to mute their group chat, after their token fit friend tried to pitch a sunrise hike - on a Sunday morning, of all times. It’s alleged this isn’t the first time nor the last that Clara has tried to push the idea, having not quite realised yet that none of...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT One of the coaches down at Betoota's Muttaburrasaurus Rugby Union Football club has today spoken to The Advocate about the clubs prospects this year. With his second grade side finishing a respectable 5th out of 7 teams, Gordon Wallace says he does have some concerns heading into the pre-season. "Team culture is my main concern," he sighed today....

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT A couple of young Jesus lovers have recently tied the knot and are now weighing up which of the pre approved two career paths they will be taking. Late comers to the born-again married game, Abigail (20) and Peter Bird (19) got married after a whopper six months of dating, a decision that had nothing to do with following...