Local News

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local man who prefers his Harp and a smile from Sally O'Brien over a Guinness in a snug has told The Advocate today that a service station up on the Delroy Bypass does really good Northern Irish food. William Lachlan, of Belfast, pulled out his phone to show our reporter some of the "meals"...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTAs the sparkly strain of T-Swift fever sweeps the nation, a Germside man has reached out to The Advocate today to protest that it’s all a bit much. Darren Berrigan, a single 36-year-old forklift driver from Brisbane’s northern suburbs, has been in contact throughout the week complaining to our newspaper about the enthusiasm of local Swifties in...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTWhen Kyle Chan decided he’d become a lawyer, he figured he would be setting himself up for the finer things in life. A prodigious violin player as a child, in 2011 Kyle decided he’d forgo the offer of music scholarships at top conservatoriums around the country to instead study law at the Royal Betoota University. Fast forward 22...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA local bloke has been spotted stepping up his financial security this week as he prepares to attend his first Blink 182 show in two decades. Travis Skiba (38) of Betoota Heights is one of the many inked up out of towners who will be trekking to Sydney soon to attend the Californian band’s run of shows...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA bloke who’s never had single romantic bone in his body has found himself going all out with his Valentines Day plans, after realising February 14th happens to fall on the same night as the married at first sight dinner party episode. Speaking to The Advocate, Chris Petersham, 32, says that he was originally just going to grab some...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | Contact A very spoiled dog has yet again failed to complete a walk around the block, despite acting very excited by the prospect of going for some ‘walkies.’ The Chihuahua cross, whose name is discovered to be ‘Mr Noodles’, made it roughly five minutes into the walk before he could be seen dramatically pulling back on the leash, refusing to...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local fibber has been caught telling a flat out fib today.   The fibbing occurred a short time ago on the Gibber Plains of the Channel Country, when Grace Nguyen was speaking to a couple of her mates.  The young lady from Betoota’s Flight Path district caused a bout of laughter after making a simply absurd claim to her girlfriends.  “I’d...

STACY OAKSHEAF | City News | CONTACTTHIS IS 30: In a groundbreaking revelation, it has been confirmed that a local man has officially entered the age of assuming every bloke larger than him "must play footy" as if it's a universal truth. When studying a group of blokes as they transitioned into their 30s, scientists found that these men, currently grappling with the existential...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTLouis Labadie, a 22-year-old French backpacker currently on a working holiday visa in Australia, is reportedly feeling confident about his job prospects, believing that he'll have no trouble securing employment in the "more French suburbs" of Sydney. Despite not speaking a word of English, minimal work experience back home and not having a sim card, Louis is confident that...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA Betoota Heights man has revealed that he’s finally found the hill he’s willing to die on, which he stumbled across after making a last minute change to his hiking route last Sunday afternoon. Speaking to our reporter Effie, who still searching for hers, Anthony Ellis, 32, reveals that he’d seen a couple of hills he thought he could...