The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Though it shouldn't have come as a surprise, the eldest son of a prominent local grazier is counting down the days until he walks out of South Betoota Public School for the last time and into the most exclusive boarding school in the Diamantina. Because of this, Billy Williams-Ross (12) of 'Ucharonidge' via Betoota, says...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One of south-west Queensland's leading neurosurgeons has taken the blame for the current shambolic state of our nation's Medicare system after coming under fire for charging large sums of money for lengthy and complicated surgeries done in the private system. Many of the procedures Professor Amanda Digby does are cutting edge - and often are...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Once known around the world as the home of The Boy From Oz, the North-West NSW town of Tenterfield has today unveiled its newest landmark attraction. The Big Speed Camera, a 10-foot road vehicle speed measuring device has been installed on the outskirts of town in a touching tip of the hat to the backbone of the area's...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Looking back on his historic election defeat this afternoon, former Opposition leader Bill Shorten explain where he thought he went wrong. The dejected Victorian Taurus is in Betoota this week on a mission around the country to find himself and perhaps learn why the nation shunned his vision for our wide brown land. Bill spoke...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In just 4 short years, the role of Prime Minister has travelled from Manly Beach, to Bondi Beach, to Cronulla Beach - and with it three rugby league clubs have been unwillingly politicised for the cameras. Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison have all attempted to engage with their local NRL clubs in an effort to win over the common man....

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After a week of social media pile-ones over questionable claims in his new memoir, Moby has issued a public apology to a random chick 'from the coast'. This comes as Moby faces backlash for also claiming he dated with Natalie Portman and Lana Del Rey, despite their claims that he's creepy and delusional. However, Moby's most recent conquest - a hot...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights man who dreams of one day being referred to as a Betoota Grove man, spoke briefly to our reporter over the weekend about his burning desire to get into the Members Stand of the Royal Betoota Cricket Ground. Even if doing so forces Damien Rice to pay the ultimate price. The...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A full-time stay-at-home-son has had his mind blown this afternoon while doing the grocery shop for the family home. Dylan Dewhurst, of Betoota Grove, said he was sent down to the shops this afternoon with his red-plates flapping on the front and back of his mother's late-model Volvo SUV when he discovered just how much...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One of The Advocate's own is being urged by our editor to compile his latest investigative work into a podcast, rather than the typical book or spread in The Weekend Betootan lift-out magazine. Candace Munro, a three-time Gold Walkley winning investigative journalist who's worked here at The Advocate for two-decades, is tossing up whether to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Our local voice in Canberra has told reporters that he spat his Crunchy Nut out all over his iPad this morning after learning he'd just become the Minister for Tractor Pulls while watching Sky News breakfast. The Hon. Cole Buttkiss of the National Party has been Betoota's federal member for the past 24 years and...