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CLYDE OVERELL | YOUTH BLOKE CULTURE | CONTACT A social circle of mid-20s blokes from Betoota Heights are today at tipping point with one of their old acquaintances who really isn't bringing much to the table in their WhatsApp group. James 26, not particularly popular amongst mates, but has stayed in high school group chat by default, has been reportedly depending solely on gifs...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A stressed young lawyer has today decided to feed our local freshwater Dolphin population.  Bethany Williams (24) did so earlier this week after a plastic bag of hers got caught in the wind and drifted out of her grasp. The incident occurred at the end of her extremely brief lunch break in the park, away from her desk - something...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT There’s nothing that unites people more than a shared hatred of what just might be the worst thing to come from the boomer generation since the housing bust - the surge of Karens. A phenomenon that hospitality and retail workers have unfortunately taken the brunt of, considering they’re essentially the front line. Though the origin of the term...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT Waking up to a series of voice notes from her best friend Tracey, local woman Natasha Potts knows she’s about to hear some absolute bangers. It’s alleged the 23-year-old had gone to bed unusually early the night before and had missed the 9:30 mark, which is usually the time her friend had a meltdown. Though Tracey had a habit...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT In a dire warning to her fellow motorists, School Admin Assistant Diane Petrov, 47, has taken aim at tailgaters with her RAV4’s new Yosemite Sam spare tyre cover and she’s clearly not fucking about. The popular covers feature Looney Tunes character Yosemite Sam with a gun in each hand and the words “BACK OFF!”; a threatening addition common to...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT Local woman Lindsay York has accidentally revealed a little too much about herself today after a chat about first crushes ventured into strange territory. It’s alleged as her friends had fired off conventional responses such as Jeremy Sumpter in Peter Pan and the boys from Supernatural, Lindsay had thrown a spanner into the works by announcing her first crush...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After a year-long divorce process, Bianca Paladino (43) says she's excited to see some of these other fish that her friends keeps telling her are out in the sea. The recently single local mother has today revealed to The Betoota Advocate that her online dating experience has been full of surprises, as she navigates her way back into the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local white collar father of 4 has this week gone to one of his happy places. Not the back deck or the shed with a cold generic beer, but into the world of an action movie called Nobody, with lots of fighting, loud noises, and hyper masculine behaviour.  And, even better, it’s an action movie about a quiet, well...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Chamomile Dando-Hobbs (3) is in serious trouble, not only with her parents but with the unstoppable forward march of time. This morning, Chamomile woke her parents inside their Betoota Parklands tiny home, loudly screaming about something her infant vocabulary didn’t have the depth to clearly articulate.  “She is carrying on like it's her first lifetime,” stated father Purelove Dando-Hobbs as...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT A local woman has accidentally made her best impression of Goofy today after failing to contain a wayward yawn. It’s reported that Melissa Bunac was trying to stay awake in one of her humanities tutorials, which was made all the harder as her tutor Mr Richards had the vocal cadence of a slow beating drum. As Richards had gone...