Local News

DR CHET SPEVENS | Finance Expert | CONTACT Exaggerating your financial situation in life is part of human nature, isn’t it? It could be a small lie, saying you own your car outright when really you’re paying off a $35,000 loan each month. Or saying the new designer coat you bought with cash for $1,300.00 was something you could easily afford, when...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT If you’ve popped on the ABC kids channel recently, you may have found yourself asking the questions ‘Oi! Why the fuck are the Bananas In Pyjamas animated? Where’s my buddies B1 and B2?’ Premiering on the ABC in 1992, Bananas In Pyjamas featured best mates B1 and B2 as they taught Australian children about the virtue of pranking your...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Now that we are in a time when even cynical people can agree it’s OK to do Christmasy stuff, TV owners are in the process of popping on their favourite Christmas movies and TV specials. Christmas favourites include the Vicar of Dibley specials for the nation’s nanas and Die Hard for people who really need a new thing to...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT An ageing Millennial received a potent hit of reality this New Years Eve as the first NYE celebration of their 30s went exactly how they feared it would. According to Shirley Sands (30), she went into this year’s NYE party with an open mind and a few fellas from Bumble on stand by. Like a good deal of her friends,...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Christmas is going to be a bit different this year as usual shit-starter Joyce Keiler (66) has come down with a case of spicy cough and will be celebrating Christmas alone. At the time of writing, spicy cough iso rules are a bit whatever, with most of it left to common sense, a resource Aunty Joyce reckons is in...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT A local postie has been praised by Australia Post this morning for improving his workplace productivity. Beloved by residents in the Betoota Grove community, postman Pat Richards (59) has been delivering parcels and birthday cards to the leafy streets of East Betoota for the best part of a decade. A postie who remembers the days of...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT Betoota Stout is out and Seltzers are in at the South Betoota Bowls Club, as the old battered bowlo continues to lean into its recent dazzling renaissance. Once a treasured watering hole for leather-skinned retirees and families that need a cheap function room for a wake, ‘Southies’ continues to emerge as one of the hottest places...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Silly season has put on a show today as a group of Brazilian backpackers started having what was described as an absolute cracker of a BBQ in a Betoota public park. Featuring 40 types of meat, 220 little cheesy puffs, and mountains of something called farofa, the group of 20 or so Brazilians carved out a little spot for...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA service station connoisseur has spoken to The Advocate today, campaigning for the revival of the humble Slush Puppy. Standing outside the Speedway service station on Langer Rd on the outskirts of West Betoota, local Bedourie grazier Wayne White told our reporter that he’d love to see more Slush Puppy machines, instead of the fancy Slurpee contraptions...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT In a movement that has every Australian grandpa rolling in their graves, non-alcoholic beers have had a bit of a moment in 2022. With mid-strength always having a place on country tables, ultra-low and no alcohol beers have begun popping up like mushrooms growing in a puddle of late-night kebab chunder. According to non-alcoholic beer brewers, their ‘beers’ are a...