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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Television personality Tony Jones has pleaded with the nation this morning to stop referring to him as 'the other Tony Jones' - wishing to be simply called by his real name, Tony Jones. The former journalist took to social media this morning after yet another person got him mixed up with his name-sake twin during...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Opposition Leader has taken the opportunity this morning in Canberra to tell journalists that he might be considered 'uncool' by traditional standards - but he'll never be as uncool as a grown man kicking himself to work on a scooter. Bill Shorten, a 51-year-old Victorian Taurus who constantly deletes his private school education from...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recently retired NRL journeyman has today reached that cross roads in life that all rugby league players reach once the bright lights of professional football turn into engine lights. While not exactly a world-beater, Blane Corduroy (37) retired just short of 300 games. He also managed to wrangle a couple of Origin starts that no one really remembers...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has fronted the media in Melbourne this morning calling for drastic action on flooding, and the cruel things that it does to animals. Following the estimated deaths of 300,000 cattle in North West Queensland, The Greens, in partnership with PETA, the RSPCA and that other animals rights organisation that has been leaking farmers' phone...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A heartwarming story has broken deep within Betoota Heights today as the Ballis family now move up a rung in the hierarchal class system that grips the aspirational suburbs. This means the family matriarch, Karen, is now able to hit the supermarket with a list of needs... and wants. No longer will they have to settle for Lido soft...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has today made an attempt at combating the fact that she has swayed ever closer to losing the vote of anyone under the age of 45 this week. How? By offering a fool-proof plan B for festival organisers who are being crippled by the fact that New South Wales has way more police than crime,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The proverbial binfire of a 2019 off-season for The Greatest Game Of All appears to have attracted the attention of a prominent New York-based video game publisher, Rockstar games. Following the record-breaking releases of Red Redemption 2 on all consoles and GTAV on PC, the gamer rumour mill has been flat chat for months with theories about what Rockstar...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As festival promoters abandon New South Boomerstan in droves, one hardstyle music festival has been greenlit for Sydney after the promoters agreed to a controversial new measure. The Munt By Muntwest Festival was originally denied a permit to operate in New South Boomerstan after the Government down there was concerned that people would take drugs...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local club DJ and occasional club promoter, DJ Screwy, has today suffered a fate worse than living in Sydney as a club DJ. It appears a combination of innocent mistakes led to a potential on the spot sacking from his role as resident DJ at the Hemmes-owned nightclub 'The Snapped Banjo' in Betoota's premier nightlife district, Roma Hills. Midway through...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact An aftermarket snorkel kit on an inner-city Land Rover Discovery has told The Advocate this morning that he's ready for a flood to come to Betoota's leafy suburbs - but until that day, he lies in wait. Despite living atop a large limestone ridge, far away from any semblance of a water course, the...