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EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT An influencer has today absolutely reamed their idiot boyfriend, for having the audacity to propose when she hadn't had her nails done. Isabelle Hornick is a much beloved influencer from the French district, who's known for her perfect cookie-cutter lifestyle, filled with linen and many variations of the colour beige. Having everything perfectly in order, including her water facing...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A reasonably reserved young man at a firm in Betoota's Old City District has shown his true colours today. Phil Hills had previsouly been looked upon as the run of the mill office man with the normal sorts of hobbies that run of the mill office men have. However, after a couple of beers at a Christmas event, the accountant...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In news you probably missed because you are six schooners deep at your work Christmas Party, the Federal Opposition is committing to lowering emissions 43 per cent by 2030. It is slightly lower than the 45 per cent target the party took to the last election, but higher than the Coalition's longstanding target of 26 to 28 per cent. The...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT A broke uni student has today feigned equality by attempting to look as though she planned to split the bill. It's alleged Kristie Burton had gone on her first date with a bloke she met at a house party, having exchanged some solid chat while they were both under the influence of alcohol. However, when he'd asked to meet...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT There's some worrying news for Rugby League fans today, as revelations emerge that the future of the National Rugby League could be in doubt. After somehow making it through a generational pandemic, the NRL looks to be under threat, after one of its players decided to break protocol and not leak his story to Rupert Murdoch's journalists. It's...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT If this stupid fucken Omicron variant wasn't enough to ruin the holidays, hundreds of Queenslander have had to leave their homes overnight amidst the ongoing flood crisis caused by rainfall records across the state. While Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk toys with the idea of another sensationalist border closure just in time to ruin the Christmas reunions of millions of families...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After spending the best part of a decade moaning that the state’s ICAC has too much power, South Australian Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has been suspended from state parliament for six days for deliberately misleading the house. Ironically, the state’s Independent Corruption Watchdog didn’t even have to lift a finger to dig up this dirt. So just imagine what they...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Kate Swan may be the only person ever to get excited about being called up for jury duty. In bucking the Australian trend, she hasn’t even attempted to make up an excuse to get out of it. However, Kate’s excitement was shattered into a thousand tiny pieces after the case she has been assigned to turned out to be some...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Even though literally every single person at the pub is aware that the boss has put his card over the bar for the End Of Year party, one local legend is pretending like he didn't. The Lord Betoota Hotel is today hosting a local poster printing company - who appear to be really 'taking advantage' of the free drinks...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Melbourne-based wellness guru, Klyda Schope (44) says spreading the word of medical skepticism isn’t a job for the faint-hearted. First, you have to reconcile with estranging yourself from every health worker in your extended family by turning your social media pages into binfires of hurtful comments. Then you have to make peace with the fact that your freedom rallies mean...