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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "I'm allowed to have a black coffee and water," he said. "Nothing else." Dennis Park spent this morning walking our reporter through the leafless remains of Machattie Park in our town's bustling Old City District, where he explained 'intermittent fasting' or skipping breakfast as he describes it. It's the latest diet trend to reach the far-southwest, following...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT An altruistic and selfless local man has today taken it upon himself to help the struggling local economy. With various economic experts and politicians tip-toeing coming to terms with the word 'recession,' young Gus Wurker has decided to do his bit today to lift the state of affairs. Unselfishly finishing work a couple of hours early, the Commercial...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact There was a time when Tim Greenberg would've laughed and turned his nose up at the idea of making his cat an Instagram account. That was the time before he met David Freshen. After a short courtship, they moved into their French Quarter apartment and joked about the day they'd get married. However, while they...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Night time revellers across the state of NSW have received some pleasing news today. That news comes in the form of all variations of lockout laws, particularly the draconian ones in the harbour hell hole of Sydney, being dropped after the Jim Beam distillery in Kentucky burnt down overnight. The tragic incident has saddened the people who like...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT There are growing concerns for the cognitive skills of a dim-witted teenage son of long-suffering graziers in the New South Wales irrigation belt today. This comes as the young man begins questioning the commonly-held perception that the drought in North-West NSW is completely over, as confirmed by the National Party and Australian media. At 13 years of age, Buddy Kennedy...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The ALP has hit back at claims this afternoon they're not doing actually doing anything to oppose the near-sighted and regressive policies that the Coalition is attempting to put forward. In an impassioned speech to the media this morning in a very cold Canberra, Labor leader Anthony Albanese said that the ALP is on track...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Morrison Government's signature tax cut policy will pass through the Senate and become policy after Senator Jacqui Lambie, who had the balance of power on the legistlation, agreed to vote for it. However, it's come at a cost for the Coalition. In order to ensure the safe passage of ScoMo's election-promised tax cuts through parliament,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The sad and tragic news surrounding the impending closure of national steak icon, Hog's Breath, has moved Australia this afternoon with many taking to social media to express their anguish at the news. As the nation's only 4-Hog town, Betoota is expected to feel the closures the hardest out of any regional centre. The steakhouses...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local manager at an Old City District firm in town has today thrown his support behind a controversial campaign in the office. Keith Graham, a man with two first names and a significant amount of power within the workplace, has decided to get behind the push for the End of Financial Year party to be held at...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Reserve Bank Governor slashed interest rates this week, he says, in a last-ditch effort to save the career of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Philip Lowe, the current head of our nation's federal reserve spoke briefly to The Advocate this morning about the rate cut and what it means to the economy going forward. "Look, most of...