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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As Toploader's 'Dancing In The Moonlight' softly plays over the PA system, the lift opens and Tim Rowland is blown away by what he sees. He's just arrived at one of Sydney's most exclusive and hip rooftop bars, Autofellatio, which has been open since late November. "Cool," he thought to himself. "I wonder if I'm the first...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A year-long study into the most effective way to make adult children revisit the nest has concluded this afternoon and the results are quite telling. That’s according to the Betoota Chapter President of the Country Women’s Association, who told The Advocate this afternoon that the promise of a home-cooked meal and some couch time is...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Keen to gain a little bit of independence, Cameron Frost chomped at the opportunity to get his learners permit mere hours after he turned 16. Now tasked with the challenge of learning to drive an automobile, the spritely fourth-former's parents have risen to the occasion and have spent the past few weeks trying to help...

STELLA SINCLAIR | Fashions | Contact Peggy Spudmann told our reporters that she attended a wedding on Saturday wearing a lacey white dress on purpose, just to see what would happen. Along with her polite but ultimately plain husband, Gary, they jagged an invitation to the wedding of a workmate of his - so in Peggy's own words, she didn't know the couple very well. Late...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Arguably the meanest and most socially influential girl from your finishing class at high school has returned back to town with a completely new image. Its has been reported by her former confidantes that Evie Peterson (20) is no longer interested in dating older guys with fairly good prospects of playing in the NRL, but instead is more caught...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Picking up The Advocate this morning, the front page made Phil Durham choke on his honeyed Wonder White slice. "Kid A," he coughed. "Now way in hell is that the best Radiohead album. Everybody knows it's The Bends. A child would probably tell you it's OK Computer or Amnesiac. Trust me, it's The Bends," "This is outrageous! A person's choice in news...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "Get busy living, or get busy dying," said John McEnroe - moments after Nick Kyrgios defeated Willy Tsonga to progress deeper and deeper into the heart of tennis glory. But after the broadcast ended, Marcia and Gresham Watson mutually agreed they weren't tired enough to retire to bed. Gresham then brought the Apple TV up on...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It takes a lot for sheep and cattle farmers to put aside their differences and unite for the greater good. On a national level, the fight for drought relief and market protections has brought them together in the past. But today, on a more local level, locals from the Northern Lakes district on the Betoota City Limits have united to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Her keepers say she's harmless but Brett Galloway knows that orangutans have a dark side. The 54-year-old initially said no to a photo opportunity with the great ape, citing that he wouldn't go into the enclosure unarmed or alone. But his family convinced him. He spoke to reporters this afternoon about the ordeal and the associated terror...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Walking into the office this morning, Jaysern Vukovic (37), was greeted by an unusually high number of judgmental scowls from his colleagues. Immediately thinking the worst, Jaysern looked down to see if he was exposing himself or had spilt coffee on his shirt, however, to Jaysern’s untrained and sartorially-starved eyes, he could see nothing...