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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT An aging multimillionaire by virtue of owning property named Barry Wilson is today struggling to come to terms with some irrepressible feelings. Get up to speed on the big stories in our paper edition today. Have a listen to our daily news bulletin here, and hit the subscribe button to stay up to date: The man whose growing...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Victorian Government has finally updated the travel information for Victorian residents currently unable to come home due to travel restricitons with Greater Sydney this afternoon. Premier Dan Andrews spoke to the media this morning in Melbourne, where he explained that Victorians stuck in Sydney have two options now instead of just one. "Victorians who are...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The pride of the nation has once again been put on the line by a top-order batting collapse in Brisbane this morning. Openers David Warner and Marcus Harris went cheaply in the first session and were quickly joined in the pavilion by Big Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Wade. The odd one out there being Steve Smith,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "All for a game of tennis!" he sighed. "I know that we're the sporting capital of the country and the thought of letting somewhere else like Perth or Darwin host the Australian Open is unthinkable - but it's got me fucked why Dan is letting this happen." Stanage Golhart, a French Quarterian who now calls Melbourne...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT A local woman’s early morning commute has become all the more interesting, with the arrival of a handsome stranger in the quiet carriage, it’s reported. As Anita Phillips hyped herself up for yet another day of doing the mental equivalent of rolling a boulder up a mountain, she’d begun to question if working five days a week was really...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact The Home-Based Vaccine Research Industry has been given a shot in the arm this week, with news that YouTube will begin offering Medical Degrees to researchers whose research mainly consists of reposting and commenting on videos posted on YouTube and FaceBook.  “Well it’s about time” reckons Vegan activist and vaccine do-your-own-researcher Peta Voyden. “It’s so annoying having these...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT Local bloke Layton Price should really know better than to slam dunk an entire bottle of Shiraz in 45 minutes. You’d think at age thirty-two he’d have realised that wine is never a good choice for binge drinking, but with a last-minute invite to a boys night and with nothing else leftover from new years, Layton made the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One of the world's most successful car manufacturers has broken their silence over a controversial model the company makes. The senior executive board at Toyota have admitted for the first time today that the FJ Cruiser was 'a bit of a brain snap'. Aside from being one of the weirdest-looking cars on the road, the FJ...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One Northern Rivers online Bali-made jewellery retailer has today been forced to admit to decanting supermarket-brand hand soap into empty luxury skin care bottles. The controversial practice, known locally as 'the Aeswap' or Aesiphoning, is considered to be an ultimate taboo in the region, which is mostly made up of elite Sydney and Melbourne expats who don't really need...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Two weeks ago, a local Instagram influencer couple adopted an adorable second-hand dog. The couple shared the adoption on their respective platforms, much to the delight of their followers. However, The Advocate can now exclusively reveal that the couple have since phoned the RSPCA demanding to return the dog after it failed to garner the social attention they...