The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A bookish robot from Brisbane's east who was once our Prime Minister has told the media this morning from New York that he thinks rising Labor star Jim Chalmers would be a great new leader for the party that just lost an unlosable election. Kevin Rudd, who now attends lots of meetings and does...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports | Contact When he's not putting clothes pegs on the tails of neighbourhood cats and throwing rocks at passing buses, Denin Clymen keeps every oversize Murray Cod he catches out of Lake Betoota. Rangers from the Shire Council say they're terrified of the 24-year-old, who shot to local fame in 2004 for attempting to assassinate a sitting...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group has gone into receivership this week amid claims he ignored patron who demanded that the chain spend more than 15 minutes making their meals. Locally, the Jamie Oliver Italian in the French Quarter will remain open for the time being with staff having their wages guaranteed by the struggling group's Australian...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A young French Quarter couple are set to spend the early evening up on Flirtation Hill in Betoota Heights as they listen to 'Fast Car' by Tracey Chapman, again. Melanie Russel and Tom Pole are in their last year at South Betoota High School and both dream about getting out of this 'shithole' on the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights sexagenarian has lashed out on social media this afternoon at those in our cosmopolitan desert community who think all Baby Boomers are wealthy, property-owning, economic and social handbrakes on the nation. Some, Derryn Bradley says, are like him - poor and struggling to keep their heads above water. The 68-year-old told our reporters...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A big old boy from Mackay is scratching his head this morning after the government revealed that the promised tax cuts won't be coming in until next financial year. The happy-go-lucky man of great husk, who friends refer to often as 'Tom', told The Advocate this afternoon that he voted for the incumbent government because...

INGRID DOULTON | Lady Writer | Contact HBO has given viewers of their popular Game of Thrones franchise something to look forward to this morning, hinting at a spin-off series that would see Brienne Of Tarth trade Westeros for the streets of Manhattan. Tarth, who spend much of the final season of the show exploring her sexuality, will be central to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights butcher loudly thumped the top of his counter today, telling our reporter that he voted for the Nationals this time around because 'he's having a fucking go'. Now, local butcher Alan Rodgers says he's waiting to get the 'go' that Scott Morrison has been talking about during the election campaign. However, he told...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A giant domestic pet toy has appeared in the Galilee basin today, after it becomes increasingly likely that the Greens will control the balance of power in the Senate. This news comes as the left celebrate the only arguably good news for them to cling to, following the convincing coalition win in the 2019 Federal Election. With the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The nation is collectively waiting to see how the impending recession this country will inevitably experience will be made out to be Labor's fault, despite not being in government since 2013. Spin doctors within the government say it'll be an uphill battle to convince the wider Australian public that this next economic downturn is the...