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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Walking into the Old City District's Kellett's Gunsmith & Grocers on Market Street and the many things that catch the eye will say that winter is ending and the spring is starting. After a rained-out winter spring is expected to be just as catastrophically depressing and sad for everyone in town as winter was Nevertheless, the...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactWhen local woman Laura Stanmore had rapidly clicked ‘yes’ to her school reunion, it hadn’t been from the goodness of her heart.  In fact, though she’d quite liked the people of her grade, she hadn’t really felt the need to keep close tabs on anyone, save for the few late Instagram scrolls playing her favourite depressing game - who’s...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTJust when you thought a group camping trip could not get anymore tedious, local flakey dad Turren Ermine (44) has reportedly begun taking the campfire way too seriously.Originally planned as an old boys camping trip, the weekend away in the scenic channel country quickly became a family affair when Ollie couldn’t find anyone to watch his kids and...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT With 2022 basically two-thirds of the way done, local piss-cutting legend Joel Schmid (38) is giving himself a break from the booze so that he doesn’t have to commit to a dry 2023. According to Schmid, cutting down on the booze has been easier than he thought considering that non-alcoholic beers have dug an unAustralian foothold into the market. However,...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTPatrons of a French Quarter cafe are praising the work of an English Bullmastiff this morning, after it managed to restore law and order to the animal kingdom.The Advocate understands at approximately 8:42am, tables were packed at Shiba Inu, a Japanese-French inspired brunch destination, renowned for it’s yuzu breakfast cheesecakes.Filled with many of Betoota’s graphic design...

RORY SALAZAR | Finance | CONTACT The Diamantina Shire Council has today barely avoided catastrophe. This comes as Council officer, Wendy Mitchell (58), who works in the large Customer Complaints and Dispute Resolution Unit that sits within the larger Community Frustration and Lack of Services Department of Council, opened a suspicious envelope and set off a cascade of inescapable events. Reports confirm that the envelope was...

DR CHET SPEVENS | Finance Expert | Contact Sitting on your yoga ball at your desk, do you ever glance at your peers with envy and wonder if their pay packet is bigger than yours? Do you doubt whether you’ve got the average savings amount in your Super for your age cohort? I know I do.  Sadly, many Australians suffer poor self-confidence from fixating on the negative...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Apartment dwellers in Betoota’s Flight Path District got more than they bargained for as they pressed their ears against their doors and tuned in to their new neighbours juicy sounding argument.Residents of the red brick Burlap Gardens apartment block report hearing the sound of a man and a woman arguing at approximately 6:45pm, an ideal time for those...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Betoota Heights household has been today reminded that sleep is the enemy, especially if you are a teenager. This comes as toasty winter sleep-in has been spoiled by the Ramsley patriarch, Robbo (51) who takes great issue with the idea of his teenage kids laying in bed beyond 7:15am on a weekend, and 6:15 on a school day. "Are...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactWhen David Waller had first started his role as a web developer for BBD Media, he’d found himself being one of three blokes in a team of roughly fourteen women - which tends to be the case in anything to do with media, marketing or communications. As someone who’d previously worked in a male centric workplace at a betting...