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EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactWhen Sydney local Leslie Barnes had decided to randomly call her dad this morning, she  hadn’t expected to have been hit with such big news delivered in the same cadence her dad used when discussing the weather. Remembering that she hadn’t called her dad in quite a while, Leslie had taken some time to do a check in on...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Australian Labor Party heavyweights have once again broken out the brand new moleskin trousers and sparkling akubra hats for a regional visit. This comes after increasing pressure from the agricultural sector for our government to please take the imminent outbreak of Foot And Mouth disease seriously. The devastating livestock virus threatens to annihilate Australia’s livestock industry, and has already...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local nonna has been able to score some extra cash renting out her granny flat, without having to fork out any money for cleaning or worrying about damage. Rosa Cardona is said to have strong-armed her husband into agreeing to rent out their granny flat, after one of her friends let slip just how much they were...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local woman has this week been ostracised by her entire friendship group after revealing she's a lot more privileged than they thought. Jessica Coates tells The Advocate that she’d been invited to a bottomless brunch over the weekend, which was essentially just getting day drunk with extra steps. As she’d popped on her most winter friendly sundress...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactThough she’d always ‘joked’ about it, local woman Felice Hart has always secretly envisioned herself as a cat lady.  This concept would have horrified her as a teenager, but as she’d ticked into her thirties, Felice had begun to think there were far worse fates than living in a peaceful quiet apartment, with little responsibility except looking after...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local university student is today cursing under her breath, after coming to a confronting realisation. South Betoota Polytechnic student Beth Salmon says she's preparing for a tongue and teeth biting few months ahead. "It's gonna be a long fucking haul," said Salmon, in reference to her Ethics course. The second-year law student said she's dreading the rest...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA Betoota Heights couple have this week been seen jumping for joy, after their child Mason was able to go a whole week without being covered in snot! Laura and Sam Browne are said to have been a little unprepared for just how fucking expensive having a child is, forking out a whopping $500 a week to place the...

RORY SALAZAR | Finance | CONTACTA property power couple in their 30s have earned more than $150,000 a year flipping houses. For Husband and Wife team Kyle and Jess Ward, the last few years have been a wondrous blur of romantic weekends away determining a buying budget over champagne, assessing their financial situation with oysters, and contacting their mortgage broker to seek ever more...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs total Gemini April Chen experiences a flash of annoyance that her lash tech suddenly went on holiday just a week before Splendour, she finds herself reaching for her phone to have a whinge to mum - making it the second call since this morning. You see, April is already a week and half done with her lashes and...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Just as she once pieced together iconic movies via references on The Simpsons, local film buff Bek Monro (26) has officially pieced together the entire plot of the upcoming Barbie movie through the countless ‘first looks’. Although the film is not scheduled to come out for another year and it’s literally about a doll, the internet has been alight...