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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The nation's directionless youths could be forced to do something constructive with their lives under a new plan proposed by the Albanese Government. The government is answering calls from the construction industry, who are currently facing a shortfall of 90 000 tradies needed to meet and exceed new housing targets. Tens of thousands of young Australians...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Grove married couple have distanced themselves from the fiscal areola friends and colleagues assume they're latched on to, telling The Advocate that they're entering the real estate market the old fashioned way. Alistair (Ally) and Michelle Paynter, both 35, are battling the troubled seas of saving up $400 000 while also trying to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local beef producer is on the road headed to Sydney this morning equiped with nothing except a 1994 street directory and a "she'll be right" attitude toward what's to come. A shunner of smart phone technology and Apple Carplay, Clyde Mawson of 'Ucharonidge' via Betoota, was warned by both his wife and youngest...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Arguably the greatest showperson since Elvis has nodded pensively to the elephant in the room this morning and ditched private jets for a much greener option. Pennsylvanian anthem belter, Alecia Moore (better known by stage name P!NK), announced today that her tour will stop using private and chartered jets in favour for an intricate set...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It's a long way back to Melbourne from our cosmopolitan desert port city and one person who knows that well is Rex Airlines flight attendant Tracey Mulgrave. The nation's alternate airline, Rex, is famous for its country roots and associated hospitality that comes with it. Not as straight-laced as Qantas but not yet a weird...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactThe Australian Bureau of Statistics has released a new definition of socio economic classes today, confirming what everyone knows already - the state of this country is well and truly fucked. Unlike the older generation, where the middle class was defined by owning a three bedroom home and having multiple children, today’s middle class can be best defined as...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local grazier has cast his eye over a mob of wethers this morning and seen nothing but past failures and bad luck staring back at him. "Look at these fucken things," he said to himself. "Flyblown cunnsathings." Darcy Rutlock, of the 'Astoria' Rutlock's via Windorah, has been spreading round bales this morning because the last few...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A well-educated young worker from our town's cosmopolitan French Quarter has grown tired of taking part in our society and has joined the thousands of other people in their position and set their sights abroad. "I can't see myself getting ahead here," they told The Advocate from inside the Camel smoking lounge at Remienko Memorial...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights father has told The Advocate he has no qualms with nuclear energy because he knows it's actually quite safe. John Dale knows it's safe because as he explained to The Advocate earlier today, he routinely leaves nuclear waste in the toilet that's out the back in his laundry. "We have the most uranium...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A rather interesting young bloke who says 'kudos' instead of 'congratulations' has rocked up to the Lord Kidman beer garden this afternoon in a pair of boot cut jeans that've been rolled up to showcase a cracking pair of suede RM boots. While some would simply purchase jeans with the right amount of inseam...