The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local city worker was running to catch a plane this morning through the Remienko Domestic Terminal 4 this morning when she heard the 'ding dong' of the paging system. She knew it was for her and she knew the long pause before the stewardess tried to say her name meant that the pronunciation was...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Arriving back in our thriving inland community, nestled on the fringe of the Simpson Desert, one local man walked straight to the taxi line at Remienko International Airport and threw himself in the back of a BF Falcon. David Cole said he'd been in transit for about 40 hours at this point and all he...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey hosted the Prime Minister this week in Washington during his State Visit to the US. As is tradition, the visiting Scott Morrison planted a tree in the Embassy's garden. He chose to plant a beige magnolia. During the press opportunity, where media from both Australia and the United States...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Betoota Heights was once a sleepy, treeless enclave on our town's fringe. Scorched by day and frozen by night. A part of our desert community that's far from the cosmopolitan heart of the French Quarter and Old City District. It's steeped in little history, the oldest building is the shopping centre with '1997' stamped...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Tarocash Mafia's only natural predator is the Civil and Administrative Tribunal. But they don't catch them all. This Monday, a local leasing agent conducted his final inspection of a property after the tenants vacated over the weekend. The property was cleaned from top to bottom at great expense to the tenant. The oven is even...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Rugby Australia’s new Marketing Pigeon stood on the shoulder of Wallabies Coach Michael Cheika during the half time break and delivered a stirring speech. Mr Pigeon, who’s only been in the job a few weeks, flew and cooed his way into the dressing room and interrupted Cheika as he was spraying the boys. “Coo!”...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Broadcast network SBS has announced that the next season of their daring expose into the lives of Australians doing it tough will be taking a much needed turn. Heralded as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘exploitative,’ the original Struggle Street gave a voice to disadvantaged Australians in the types of low-income areas the show’s target audience are too scared to drive around. Now...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact For reasons unbeknown to The Advocate, society has been left reeling yet again at the news that an over-privileged, privately-educated son of somebody important turned out be an arsehole. The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has this week admitted to wearing blackface for a third time, telling reporters in Ottowa that he's not exactly sure...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights big unit and tricode football star who needs no introduction is still rolling through the streets of our cosmopolitan desert community while many others in his cohort elected to leave for bigger things in the east. Denham Pearson has had a Toyota Lolux, a Toyota Hilux and after a near-drowning experience,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Left with not much else to do this afternoon besides think about things, a local man failed to surprise himself when he realised his most reliable and practical mate drives a Subaru Brumby. Miles Tanner is a firm believer that a man's car is a reflection of the man himself. As he's a coy Aires...