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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...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some breaking news, The Advocate can reveal that Kate Middleton is, in fact, alive and well, and has actually been at home in her taxpayer-funded palace this entire time. This comes after Kate was last seen on December 25, as she accompanied King Charles III, her husband Prince William, and their three children—Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local property developer's offsider has laughed off suggestion he should be behind the wheel of a ute that's easier for him to get in and out of and see over the dashboard. Betoota Heights man Nathan Alize from luxury apartment builder, Bespoke Dogbox Constructions, said he can drive any car he wants because that's...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The rivers of gold that once flowed from Facebook and Instagram into the newsrooms of The Betoota Advocate thanks to the Media Bargaining Code are set to be dammed upstream as the tech giant walks away from the deal. After negotiations broke down between this masthead's editor, Clancy Overell, and Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg earlier...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Celebrity billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest has acquired another iconic Australian business this week as he completes the purchase of Ansell, the beloved and iconic manufacturer of the nation's favourite flavoured condoms. Mr Forrest informed the market of the surprise move earlier today in Perth, where he outlined that keeping jobs in Australia and making...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some unsurprising news, a movie about men destroying the earth has completely dominated the Oscars, beating movies about women being nice to each other and the learning the power of sisterhood (Barbie) a girl’s eye opening journey into becoming a woman (Poor Things) and a true story about white men murdering Native Americans for their oil rich...

RORY SALAZAR | Finanace | Contact Back in the 2010s when Australia was great again, an Aussie in Bali could take a single Australian peso and convert that to 6,662 Indonesian rupiah. That single peso could buy your drinks, your street food, even a bungalow for the night. However, with the last few years of rising interest rates and commodity...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The catchcry of many South Australians has been put under the microscope this week by the Federal Government and one of the key benefits of living in Adelaide has been found to be a fallacy. For a number a years, people in Adelaide have often claimed that the city "has no traffic", has "affordable...