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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A breeding pair of Betoota Heights sexagenarians were observed dancing to Crowded House in their living room this Wednesday morning by their live-at-home son. Max, who moved home because he couldn't afford housing and 'his life' at the same time, told The Advocate that he doesn't like Crowded House because their songs sound like they...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local Coles is being praised today after they put a giant plastic statue of a Digger in the bakery section to commemorate Anzac Day. The Betoota Heights Stockland supermarket has received its fair share of bad press recently. From price gouging to installing ant-theft boom gates at the self serve checkout, the Betoota Heights...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA Queensland woman living out of state has admitted she deeply yearns for the theatrics of a tropical thunderstorm, stating that the storms in Melbourne just don’t cut it. Having lived in the land of the puffer jackets for roughly one year, Marie Tenet, 28, says that she’s quite enjoyed her time living away from home, and has so...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA woman who was hardballed into attending a drum and bass gig over the weekend has been left asking quite a lot of questions, having only been to music festivals like Groovin The Moo and Laneway in the past. Avery Young, 24, tells The Advocate that she’d decided to give it a go after one of her friends was...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A city worker has had her commute home this afternoon ruined after tuning into the local Top 40 FM station and not liking what she heard. "What is this shit?" Meredith Coleman asked herself as she slowly cruised down Robins Road in her base model A-Class Mercedes Benz. Through a soft warble of synthesisers and...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A city man visiting town over the weekend has come perilously close to receiving the hiding of a lifetime from a 62-year-old bottle shop attendant without even knowing it. Shortly after 6 pm on Saturday night, a young man in a late model Tesla 3 pulled into the Thirsty Camel attached to The Gelded Seahorse...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTUNITED AGAINST BIG SHOTS: The once mysteriously brilliant turned cringe and annoying US billionaire Elon Musk has accused Australia’s Online Safety commissioner of censorship and has vowed to challenge an order to begin regulating his online platform X, formerly Twitter, in court. This follows calls for harsher sanctions for social media platforms in light of a string of violent...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some rather upsetting news, it can now be confirmed that every supermarket donation dog will be euthanized in the next couple of months, after becoming ‘obsolete’ as society moves away from cash. Initially started in 1982, Guide Dog ‘Collection Dogs’ have been a popular fixture in Coles supermarkets across the country, as both a recipient for unwanted coins...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One of the town's thought leaders has blasted the Federal Government's crackdown on student visas, telling The Advocate that it will hurt the bottom line of the Diamantina's many tertiary education providers. Greg McGunt, Vice Chancellor of the prestigious SupaDoopa Betoota Commerce College, said the overwhelming majority of their students come from overseas with the...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTWhile era-appropriate styles can certainly lead to some cringey photos with attempted gang signs, it is universally agreed that beanies are a cool person hat. The only problem with these dope lids is that you look like an idiot if you wear them in warm weather, proving not everyone can be cool every day of the year, not even...