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KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA long-awaited hens party is in crisis this evening, after preparations for the event have been stonewalled by a group of rebel anti-wine tour insurgents.After two weeks of slow preparations and lofty plans being raised in a group chat of 15 individuals, The Advocate understands crisis talks have officially commenced after a suggestion was made by...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large| Contact Junior to mid-level employees looked on in disbelief today after witnessing their CEO, Tim Whitely, be told by his Executive Assistant to go to his office and not come out until he was in a good mood. This power dynamic came as quite the surprise to the office bottom feeders as many of them have been...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTPatrons at Betoota Community Library have been warned that the brandless hot drinks machine in the corner is presently brewing up a hot choc that is ready to burn your pretty little tastebuds off.While further research is still needed to determine exactly what type of person purchases a hot chocolate from a vending machine, naive young children and...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA local Betoota man is weighing up his charitability this afternoon, pondering how much money he’s willing to donate to a man who once sucked a vodka shot from his belly button.Perched on the couch dual screening NRL 360 and his nightly Facebook scroll, Jason Waters (27) is believed to be startled after reading a post...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn these unprecedentedly shitty times, sometimes the best course of action is to distract yourself in any way possible - and for local woman Sarah Newton that means a heavy dose of retail therapy.The 25-year-old office clerk today dropped into Queen St. mall for a ‘quick look’, when she found herself wandering deep inside a large department store.Pausing...

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...