The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local golden labrador cross has been forced to look the other way this afternoon while his own ran around the back of some local shops to empty himself out of plain sight. The 3-year-old canine told our reporter after coming across the scene that he didn't think his owner would flat out take a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT North-West NSW rugby league clubs are reportedly stoked to have the New Zealand Warriors stay in the epicentre of the New England region for the next few months. As the first NRL side to begin training after being given exemptions to travel from New Zealand to Australia, the Warriors are currently on lock-down in Tamworth and beginning their...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Federal Government has issued a directive to State and Territory leaders today to reopen their real estate industries in a bid to kick start the economy and get the nation's most useless people back at work. Scott Morrison explained at his morning press conference in Canberra that the nation has worked hard to defeat...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Open homes and public inspections are now legal in some parts of the country while other gatherings such as a funeral, weddings and family barbecues are still limited to a small number. That disgusting piece of information is why a young Betoota Heights couple has decided to tie the knot this weekend inside a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One of Betoota's most exclusive private schools has revealed plans this morning to build a second airport after taking into account the extra income derived from restarting classes before June 1. The Whooton School for Boys in Betoota Grove, as well as many other private and Catholic schools around the country, will be handballed piles...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A 73-year-old mathematics teacher at Betoota Grove's exclusive Whooton School For Boys has rejected the school's offer of a free iPad, telling our reporters that he's not falling for that one again. A year ago, Donald Nurse, who's been teaching at our town's most expensive boys boarding school for close to three decades, said he...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Local police have urged men to stop 'taking the piss' with social visits after a number of young men were caught in recent days flouting social distancing laws. "We're all for a good, safe time," said Sargeant Mark Roberston from Betoota Heights Police Station. "But taking vast quantities of alcohol and tobacco over to a friend's...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local woman has done what many women have done before her today and come home to find her live-in boyfriend planning to do something stupid. Wendy Mulligan said she had to put her foot down and tell her boyfriend, Martin, to wake up to himself and not make his own croissants. "Just go down to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc outside of the Northern Hemisphere, there is intense and growing demand for crucial medical supplies such as testing kits and medical masks. On Wednesday it was confirmed that 10 million COVID-19 test kits were en-route to Australia from China, which will soon be handed out to hospitals, clinics and labs around the country. However,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "I just feel like grabbing the back of their heads and bashing their foreheads against the blackboard," she said. "Of course, I wouldn't do that to any of my students. But I'd sure as shit do it to the policymakers who've put us all in this position." Orla O'Cairn teachers Year 4 at South Betoota Public...