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CONSTANCE RIVERA | Grievances | CONTACTIn a masterclass of corporate camouflage, a local woman has nailed the ‘focused employee’ look, flawlessly multitasking under pressure to snag several Black Friday deals—during a work meeting.   Gemma Quan (26) reportedly spent her entire ‘strategic alignment’ Slack meeting alternating between nodding thoughtfully at her manager’s slides and furiously refreshing her browser to secure deals on a Dyson...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some heartwarming news, the Labor government has promised their new 'Help to Buy' scheme will not have the same result as the 2008 financial crisis, which was partly due to lenders allowing low to middle income people to over borrow on their mortgages. A similar scheme in the UK that cost the government billions of dollars and pushed...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister has embraced his inner furry this morning after getting down on all fours and barking like a dog after being told to by sporting and racing tsar Peter V'Landys. An extraordinary start to the day for Anthony Albanese but one his office claims was totally necessary after pushing out the gambling advertising...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Betoota Inlet Train Station sits on an arterial commuter railway line that is 5 stops away from the CBD. Several lines converge on this one station, so there's approximately 8 tracks, plus storage. It makes for close to 10 acres of steel and concrete, which is luckily hidden from sight and sound-proofed by the dense parklands and heavy...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Sydney-based Gen X rocker Dave "Davo" Thompson has declared he'll rollerblade from Annandale to Homebush to attend the Pearl Jam concert this weekend. With Sydney's rail network set to shut down from Friday to Sunday due to industrial action, many concertgoers are scrambling for alternative transport. However, Davo, 48, refuses to let the strike derail...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local terry tough cunt has today proven how much of a legend, in front of a few people in Texas. Social media hero Jake Paul has done so by feeding some old bloke in front of a bunch of pissed units. The old bloke, 57 to be exact, had been mouthing off about the young buck, who...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs the government moves forward with their plans to ban people under the age of sixteen from accessing social media, there have been calls of concern from young boys who now worry they will no longer know what their mums get up to, should video games fall under the same umbrella. Speaking to some students from Betoota’s most prestigious...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The people of New South Wales continue to wait for a train that could rival Queensland's iconic, modern and impressive Tilt Train. Unlike the aging XPTs—introduced 40 years ago and now shuffling slowly into the sunset—the Tilt Train in Queensland gleams as a symbol of punctuality, comfort, and sleek speed. NSW’s promised XPT replacements...

CONSTANCE RIVERA | Grievances | CONTACTLocal Betoota Heights woman, Jamie Wilkins (32), has shared her heart-wrenching experience of having her name called for a doctor’s appointment just as the drama on Judge Judy was about to hit its peak.“I’d been watching this episode for a solid twenty minutes,” Jamie says, visibly shaken.“This guy was just about to admit he put bleach...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact After nearly five years of self-discovery, Taylor O'Sullivan, a 30-year-old Betoota Grove native, has made the classic decision to stay just one more year in Berlin. Though he’s well aware that 30 is the hard limit for the German working holiday visa, Taylor has declared he’s not ready for the rigidity of a real...