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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Lake Betoota cleaner learned today that the Airbnb listing he just cleaned for $100 attracts a cleaning fee of $250 plus all the outrageous service fees on top. Speaking to The Advocate today, Noman Ali (a recent recipient of a permanent visa) said that now that he has some protections when it comes to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights homeowner has become the first person in recorded history to successfully kill Kikuyu, prompting a visit from the nation's top lawncare and gardening minds. Russell Boing (63) of Rivendell Terrace purchased the three-bedroom volume build dogbox just shy on a decade ago and freely admits to The Advocate that the previous owner...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact In a boozy spectacle that defied both time and sobriety, a group of Filipino mates left their neighbors bewildered as they expertly crooned Ja Rule and Ashanti's 'Mesmerize,' heavily intoxicated and blind at a 3am karaoke session. "Nesto and his crew were off their faces," chuckled Marjorie Thompson, a neighbour who listened the spectacle....

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Federal treasurer Jimothy Chalmers has lamented the latest decision by the Reserve Bank to increase interest rates by .25pc, telling voters he wishes there was some other way to bring inflation in line with projections. Speaking in Canberra today, Treasurer Chalmers said something like meaningful and responsible tax reform is his preferred method of helping...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Somewhere in the City of Melbourne, a young man is heading to the races not knowing that it will be he who graces the cover of tomorrow's Herald Sun. The young man is about to get separated from his friends in the general admission section of Flemington Racecourse. Not because he's from Brisbane and his...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs research shows younger Australians are moving away from supporting the Melbourne Cup, premier menswear brands such as Tarocash, YD, Politix and Connor are reportedly trembling in their boots, citing that their businesses heavily rely on horse racing to exist - with weddings coming in a close second. Speaking to Charleston Phillips, the Marketing Manager for Politix, The Advocate...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Federal Member for Cook Scott Morrison has welcomed reviews of his latest diplomatic effort this week after joining former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on visit to Israel to help the under-siege nation turn the tide against Hamas. The feature film, Dumb and Dumber 3: Death to Hamas, has not been received well by...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Brisbane-based meat trader has suffered the indignity of attending an in-person meeting today in Sydney's soulless and hellish Northern CBD, causing him to come to the conclusion that it's a shithole of epic proportions. Darcy Cutler, of the Darling Downs Beef And Watermelon Co-op, relayed his opinion to his Sydney counterpart. "I don't know how...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A little guy has bought himself a Ford Ranger today, heralding a new beginning where he gets to look down on people for a change. Secured with a novated lease that sees him pay nearly $200 a week in fuel costs alone, manlet Dale Puck also wanted to tell readers of The Advocate that the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A nurse at the French Quarter District Health Centre has laughed at two new parents today and labelled them 'cowards' after the stressed young couple revealed to her that they bought a Snoo. The Snoo bassinet uses technology to essentially rock a baby back to sleep while blasting white noise in their ears, a technique...