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3 April, 2015. 13:28 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A GOOD FRIDAY barbecue has turned sour for one Mudgee male after police discovered him barbecuing a platypus in Lawson Park, on the banks of the Cudgegong River. Local latchkey youth David "Wingnut" Davidson, was fishing in the famous river when he hooked the endangered monotreme and reeled it in. Rather than throw...

Today, after a series of unpublicised negotiations, News Corp Australia and Betoota News Pty Ltd  are happy to announce a history-making partnership that will benefit both companies and both communities, but more importantly - all consumers of news. After several months of bickering and a longstanding but healthy rivalry, The Betoota Advocate is very happy to join the likes of the...

1 April, 2015. 12:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact   A suspected member of a far-left militant group behind the live hostage situation involving a Turkish prosecutor in an Istanbul courthouse, is not really that keen on people seeing the lower half of his face, according to reports. While reportedly demanding that the police officer allegedly responsible for the killing of a teenager at a...

8 June, 2015. 17:10 ALEXUS COBETT | NSW | Contact A prominent Sydney cruise company is making tens of thousands of dollars a month offering a special ‘out-of-sight’ package on the outskirts of Sydney Harbour. But where are they going?  They aren't going anywhere. Just 200 nautical miles away from land, into The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial Australian sea. The post-Martin-Place-siege tourism...

8 March, 2015. 17:10 ALEXUS COBETT | North-NSW | Contact Three men remain in hospital today after what is believed to have been a late-night home invasion gone sour in Taree on friday. The group of three to four suspected ‘junkies’ have been terrorising the streets of Taree for some time, with a string of break and enters. However it appears the serial burglars have recently...

30 March, 2015. 14:26 ERROL PARKER| Editor-at-large | Contact WICKETKEEPER BRAD Haddin is reportedly being investigated by Cricket Australia for "bringing Chardonnay" in to the change rooms after Australia claimed its fifth cricket world cup. Haddin has yet to respond to the allegations but other former cricketing greats have already weighed in on Twitter. Controversy was already surrounding Haddin after allegedly sledging the Kiwis during...

30 March, 2015. 12:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Senator George Brandis and the entire federal government are being praised this week over new "metadata" laws that received final ratification by the Australian Senate on Thursday night. As a result of Brandis' hard work, phone and internet companies will be forced to keep customers' data – such as the origin, destination...

28 March, 2015. 14:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION is underway at News Corp Australia this afternoon after claims the media giant "forgot there was an election on today" were confirmed by CEO Julian Clarke. The rumor mill went in to overdrive this morning as subscribers and readers of The Daily Telegraph and The Weekend Australian awoke to...

27 March, 2015. 15:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to "destroy the plane", officials say. Lead investigator, Scott Minto has cited information from the "black box" voice recorder, saying the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit during what has been described as the...

27 March, 2015. 12:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact CANDID PHOTOS OF Alex Kountouris, the Australian cricket team physiotherapist, have been uncovered from before he met Shane Watson. Pictured with a mane of healthy wavy hair and a jet black beard, the youthful looking Kountouris seems to look carefree among the "bulletproof" players of yesteryear. That was from a time when Australian cricket was...