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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights sexagenarian has lashed out on social media this afternoon at those in our cosmopolitan desert community who think all Baby Boomers are wealthy, property-owning, economic and social handbrakes on the nation. Some, Derryn Bradley says, are like him - poor and struggling to keep their heads above water. The 68-year-old told our reporters...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A big old boy from Mackay is scratching his head this morning after the government revealed that the promised tax cuts won't be coming in until next financial year. The happy-go-lucky man of great husk, who friends refer to often as 'Tom', told The Advocate this afternoon that he voted for the incumbent government because...

INGRID DOULTON | Lady Writer | Contact HBO has given viewers of their popular Game of Thrones franchise something to look forward to this morning, hinting at a spin-off series that would see Brienne Of Tarth trade Westeros for the streets of Manhattan. Tarth, who spend much of the final season of the show exploring her sexuality, will be central to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights butcher loudly thumped the top of his counter today, telling our reporter that he voted for the Nationals this time around because 'he's having a fucking go'. Now, local butcher Alan Rodgers says he's waiting to get the 'go' that Scott Morrison has been talking about during the election campaign. However, he told...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A giant domestic pet toy has appeared in the Galilee basin today, after it becomes increasingly likely that the Greens will control the balance of power in the Senate. This news comes as the left celebrate the only arguably good news for them to cling to, following the convincing coalition win in the 2019 Federal Election. With the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The nation is collectively waiting to see how the impending recession this country will inevitably experience will be made out to be Labor's fault, despite not being in government since 2013. Spin doctors within the government say it'll be an uphill battle to convince the wider Australian public that this next economic downturn is the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The short-lived renegade independent member for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps is reportedly planning to concede defeat today, after the votes land on Saturday's federal election. Analysts predict that the Liberals' Dave Sharma will retake Malcolm Turnbull's old seat, after Dr Phelps won it at a by-election last October. Nearly 75 per cent of the ballots have been counted, and Mr Sharma leads...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The organisers of the East Coast's most popular winter music festival in Byron Bay, Splendour in the Grass, are feeling pleased with themselves this morning after announcing a mystery act that nobody saw coming. Around 9am this morning, the Splendour team announced that Ocean Alley, a band from Sydney, is this year's Mystery Act -...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It's becoming increasingly more like, according to the Australian Electoral Commission, that former One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is going to win a Queensland senate seat at this year's election. That news is not music to mining magnate Clive Palmer's ears, after the colourful billionaire spent a rumoured $60m in a bid to get relected...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Nightwatchman of Australia, Scott Morrison, has been promoted up the batting order overnight to opener after his unexpected and undefeated double-hundred yesterday. In addition to that honour, the Nightwatchman has signed on to be an official brand ambassador for OLED television, which is the custom. Speaking to the media this morning in Sydney's southern...