The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One of the town's most experienced drivers has accidentally parked their car inside a local two dollar shop this afternoon instead of out the front. At 94-years-old, Fred Rase of Betoota Heights is the second-oldest driver in town after Gloria Overell, mother to The Advocate's editor Clancy and his brother, Clive, who is currently serving...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As of next month, residential developers building in Sydney city will be required to fit out all high-rises with an emergency tube of selleys no more gaps. This comes as concerned property owners grow nervous about the cracks appearing in the low-quality materials that were used to build thousands of overnight apartments over the last decade. In bizarre twist, Gladys...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT A young woman from the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick has today explained to the Advocate why this country needs to get the jump on nuclear power. The Gender and English Literature graduate from Monash University who is currently working in one of Melbourne's cutting edge artisan cafe's explained that it's killing her to see the nation waste 'this opportunity.' The...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota-born Mackay man has told The Advocate that he's not worried about automation derailing his gravy train in the years to come, explaining to our reporter that 'automation' is just a 'nine-letter word'. Speaking from the heart, Rollie Cotton took time out of his busy morning of asking the town's Facebook discussion group who...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A mainlander visiting Tasmania for the weekend has today received a standing ovation for his brave and nonconformist art installation in Hobart's main street last night. With gasps from nearby pedestrians, Baz Straight (37), vomited for roughly 10 minutes, complete with the shameless spitting between each hurl. While Baz insists he isn't a performance artist, and his late night...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota-area man visiting our state's south-east corner this week was asked if he was a townie, a blockie or a cockie during what he described as his first ever 'staffies' at a Gold Coast pub. The coasties were curious about Mark Dimple's story, they wondered if he was a simple townsman who grew up...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Robbie Elias' tinder bio says he's 'Lebanese and aims to please' - but that doesn't seem to be the case this afternoon. The 30-year-old construction manager has still refused to give the boys another 'not bhed' - despite them asking repeatedly. "They've actually asked me about thirty times just today." Robbie who doesn't mind going fishing from time to time, and...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "There's a park over there," he said. "Oh, you've gone past it." The reason why Jeff chose not to park in that French Quarter gap was because it was a ticketed section of Rue de Putain, whereas just around the corner in the Old City District, they don't have ticketed parking. But his back seat passenger, Brett...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Thousands of residents in high-rise unit blocks through South and Western Sydney have been urged to stop reporting any cracks they see or hear in the buildings. That's unless they want to see this country go through an Ireland-style housing bubble deflation and subsequent economic recession. This comes after the city's second residential high-rise was evacuated for fear of collapse...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The nation's peak scientific body has confirmed this morning that children, in particular the younger ones, do not feel the cold and will happily run around in a t-shirt no matter how freezing it is outside. The CSIRO published the paper on their website this morning, which was the culmination of over two week's research. Speaking...