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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Ellie Keaton-Mcgrath has been married for just over 25 minutes, and despite the fact she is now surrounded by her closest family and friends, she is also keeping a very close eye on how the people who weren't invited to her wedding are responding to a Facebook photo she has uploaded of herself walking down the aisle. Shortly before...

ERROL PARKER |Editor-at-large | Contact FOR THE FIRST TIME since 2010, Queensland's Channel Country has flooded, news that was brought to the world via the Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce's recent tweet, a photograph taken on the banks of the makeshift inland sea - just south of Windorah. Widely considered to be some of the best cattle finishing land on Earth, the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While caught in the midst of a four week holiday break from work, Georgina Lorigan says she has lost complete track of time. "I couldn't tell you if Christmas was yesterday or a week ago - I don't what day it is," "Staff Christmas drinks weren't too long before my family Christmas, but I've had so many different Christmas...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT LOCAL FATHER-OF-THREE, Chris Richards has had to make the painstaking decision to drop his most timid son, Andrew (14), from the family's backyard side, ahead of the arrival of the in-laws tomorrow afternoon. "I didn't want it to be this way - but as captain, coach and selector - it's my duty to make sure we have the best side...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local man, Toby Lockyer has found himself in the least desirable seat at this particular staff party. While enjoying an open bar at a local surf club, the entire office at J.B Media Buying have been forced to adhere to designated seats within the venue, in order to help cultivate their famously "social work environment". Mr Lockyer got seated next to...

16 December, 2015 17:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local nightclub bouncer, Roddy Blake, spent a good part of last night forcefully removing patrons from the venue he is employed by. "Smoking, spitting, swearing, rowdy behaviour... That's a pretty good indicator that it's time for you to get 'pretzeled' out of the place," While Mr Blake acknowledges the importance of his job, he also recognises...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Young mother of two, Maree Hardy says the Christmas spirit is alive and well in her family home this season. "Everyone's excited! The tree is up and our boys have written their letters to Santa. They can't wait," With two sons in kindergarten and a stay-at-home husband, Maree is the sole breadwinner in their South Betoota household and after working sixteen hour...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local teenagers were left in a state of confusion yesterday, after a seemingly 'cool' older man asked them if they were active users of the MSN Messenger Service, in a vacant car park. Ollie Wyndham, 16, says the group became suspicious of the man after he made reference to the discontinued instant messenger service, which was rebranded as Windows Messenger in...

30 November, 2015 14:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Josh Ostrovsky, aka ‘The Fat Jew,’ rakes in six figures from his joke-sharing Instagram account and has recently landed several sponsorship deals. As a controversial figure in the world of internet humour, it is assumed by many that The Fat Jew is the current 'face' of contemporary comedy. However one man, who has actually met...

29 November, 2015. 9:14 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE BEING ONE of the more quieter towns of the Diamantina Shire, 23-year-old Dirk Hampton was ticketed by an area constable yesterday after failing to cross Adelaide Street at the designated crossing. The $103 fine is bureaucracy gone mad, says Hampton. "This is just revenue raising. Don't the cops have anything better to do?...