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LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT With mounting house prices and increased cost of living (see Coachella tickets) becoming more widespread, welfare and lifestyle margins has become an important issue for many members of Generation Y. With youth organisations working hard to provide support for young people dealing with an array of different issues, one organisation has sought to help perhaps the most ostracised sub-group...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Deciding to cool off today at Betoota's lesser-known waterparks, the old Mansfield Quarry, Betoota Heights man, Jason Pane (32), experienced what can only be described as the most inconsiderate and sadistic act known to any beach loving Australian — shaking one’s towel near other beachgoers. The old Mansfield Quarry was opened to Betootanese people from...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Try as the might, the Inter is bogged. Rather than face the ultimate humiliation and get Dad to come and help you, two local brothers attempted to save face today and get Big Red out of a bog by themselves - but both of them knew their efforts were futile. After a few scuds passed through...

MARC VENUTI | Editor | CONTACTOn Monday morning at approximately 7:30am, local party legend Pete Tal was overheard, whilst sitting cross legged on the grass at Betoota Park, laughing in disgust at everyone heading to work. It was reported that six hours into his acid trip and only minutes away from his third pinger, Pete remarked to Pixie, Line and Zela (three friends he made at...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's best known bush ballad, Waltzing Matilda has today been recreated on the couch of a Woolloongabba apartment, as an itinerant Brisbane worker boils a billy in his temporary living arrangement. The man, Ned Coffey, is a twenty-something gatorade sax player with on and off work in landscaping. Currently he is camping out on a mate's couch until his parents...

KENT REGINALD | Cadet | CONTACT A local Betoota man who hasn't smoked weed for a while wants to make it absolutely clear that this sudden bout of violent coughing he's having is completely unrelated to the fact that he hasn't had a bong since Schoolies '06. Bill Whittleingham, 28, had been asked by some friends-of-friends at a house party if he smokes. Despite not...

LEEROY PERCIVAL | Local News | Contact A local paddle boarder has this week made a seamless transition into his role as a father, by applying about 5 times more sunscreen than is necessary and not making any reasonable attempt to rub it into his skin. After a few double-takes, Trevor Hendy, a senior town-planner and avid Rodriguez fan, was spotted during...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Over are the lazy days of playing CyberPunk on the couch wearing only underpants. At least for Dennis Samuels they are. The oppressive heat was getting to him this morning as he made his way to the Betoota MetroLine stop on the corner of Greenbow and Kent in Betoota Heights. He wasn't used to wearing a $29...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The RSPCA has reminded pet owners around the country today that strict rules on dogs staying outside should be relaxed during thunderstorms. “We understand that many dogs around the country are classified as “Outside Dogs,” particularly in rural areas, and we respect that,” a statement said. “But for pity’s sake. Have a bit of a heart. You should relax...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A few short years ago, Marty Dollarhyde was playing Golden Oldies league with his old Betoota Dolphins teammates from the late 1960's. He's given that way now, his knees and hips are simply shot. But back then, that didn't stop the barnstorming 70-year-old from putting the shoulder into a broken body or two. His friends and family laughed and giggled when...