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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact There was only one wedding invitation on his fridge in December, now there's seven. It's not because Jack Regent is particularly popular, nor is he being dragged kicking and screaming to them. The 31-year-old has seven wedding invitations on his fridge because he's 31-years-old. But that's not phasing Jack, because he's still a bit of a...

MURRAY DARHLING | Health & Wellbeing | CONTACT In what has been labelled a desperate cry for help, Hugh Collins-Allen (26) turned up for a night out with friends wearing his Scox Grammar First XV rugby jersey from 2008. Having completely failed to establish any form of adult identity in the preceding seven years, Collings-Allen reportedly chose the jersey ahead of his regular Industrie...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Knowing full well what the consequences are for slipping up on a night out in Sydney, Junior Leaupepe spent half of Friday night apologising for entering somebody else's personal space. The 29-year-old Indooroopilly buyer's agent arrived in Sydney late on Friday afternoon, where he was met at the airport by his old mate Dave, who made the...

16 July, 2016. 13:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact WITH THREE TEENAGE CHILDREN living under their roof, precious moments between quinquagenarian lovebirds David and Amy Davies are few and far between. But just last night, after a nice dinner and a bottle of the second cheapest red on the menu, they came home to find their youngest still awake watching Simpsons reruns. "To...

11 July, 2016. 11:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Baird government's announcement last Thursday that it was shutting down greyhound racing in NSW because of evidence of systemic animal cruelty within the industry, has rendered the extremely unattractive dogs completely useless it has been confirmed. Speaking to The Betoota Advocate today, CSIRO flora and fauna spokeswoman, Les Beehan, says that if it...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact After an embarrassing but perfectly executed example of mob mentality, local man Dominic Locke (25), says his chances of entering into a relationship with a bird he met through coworkers are now non-existent. Dominic had only met Ms. Wesser twice before at after-work functions, but following a warm and friendly conversation on Friday night, he felt confident enough to...

14 June, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD interior designer is picking up the pieces today after he got a bit carried away with some bloke last night. Matthew Dollarhyde, up until now, has been a keen donator of blood. His AB- blood type is especially rare. "Once I found out I was AB- after a car accident,...

26 May, 2015. 14:34 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local man, Campbell Bligh (55) says that the Australian Government should not have to apologise for things that happened several decades ago. After observing yesterday's 19th anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report, Mr Bligh still can't believe former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd went out of his way to apologise to the Stolen Generations in...

INGRID DOULTON OAM | Let’s Talk Sense | CONTACT In the late sixties, a young women working in media was nothing more than a pin cushion for the hands of seedy old executives, but I knew what I had to do if I was going to get where I needed to go. There I was. A single 23-year-old working in a city that I barely...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THINKING HE WAS THE smartest man in the world, friendly North Betoota piss wreck Deverell Slacks ordered a pair of Heely shoes online to wheel himself home from the pub each night. He's disqualified from driving until 2070 - a result of being pinged for DUI over twenty times. Left with no other option, as his...