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TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact “Haha! You call that a what?” laughed an incredulous Bill Fowler, while pointing at a can of soft drink. “Pop?” replied Chad Hodges, confused. “Mate, that’s soft drink! What else do you yanks call wrong?” “Well, I don’t think we call anything wrong” “Can you pass me the ketchup though?” asked Chad, unaware that he just opened a can of worms. “Mate, the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Frenzied scenes played out at Aldi stores nationwide on election day, as the retailer launched its annual ski gear sale for Australian. Queues of thousands snaked around the streets outside the nation's Aldi, franchises, with shoppers waiting for doors to open at 8.30am. Two weeks later and the same thing is happening in Northern Hemisphere, at Aldi's flagship store on...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Betoota Grove free-spirit, Bella Robertson, moved to New York just over two years ago with dreams of starting a new life there; new job, new apartment and new New Yorker friends.  Sitting down with The Advocate’s West Coast correspondent, Bella admitted that life in New York isn’t quite what she imagined it would be.  “Well, I don’t have any American...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After dedicating 9-years of his life to the complex plotlines and character arc's of one of the most expensive television series in the history of mankind, local TV connoisseur Brent Pereira (33) has only one thing to say about the Game Of Thrones Finale. "Yawn" says Brento. "Worst. Final. Episode. Ever" Of course, Brent's five-word review is understandable. Even coming someone...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact In a sad indictment on the state of the planet we call home, some US explorers have today discovered rubbish at the deepest point under the sea. On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer and Texas-based investor, made the saddening discover of rubbish at the bottom of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Staying true to his reputation as the unrefined funboy of the British Royal Family, photos have today been leaked of the Duke Of Sussex treating the Queen and Prince Philip to a moving gender reveal ceremony. A gender reveal party is a celebration where either the guests, the expecting parents, or both find out the sex of the baby. As both Prince Harry and...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The Royal couple have today wasted little time showing off their little bundle of joy to the world. With Harry and Meghan introducing little Archie to the Queen and allowing the salivating media a chance to get a couple of photos, the Royal pair have made sure to make the most of the traction they've got right now....

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prominent Indigenous singer-songwriter Archie Roach is now officially one of two black men in the world named Archie. A name usually reserved for Aryan children born post-2010 to inner-city creatives. This comes as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex reveal the name of their newborn son — Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Prince Harry and Markle say that they realised that their...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact Roughly a million species across the planet have been disappointed today, after a plea for help on their behalf unfortunately was made on the same day as the arrival of the Royal Baby. In a blow for flora, fauna and the world in general, the United Nation's released a report today confirming that one million species of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prince Harry has once again proven that royals can in fact be everyday people, in his newest instagram post announcing the birth of his first child. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have welcomed a baby boy, with Buckingham Palace announcing the Duchess of Sussex gave birth at 5:26am on Monday. The newborn Prince has been named Aubrey, after Markle's favourite...