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KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT In breaking news out of Queensland this morning, Reece Walsh will wear the #1 jumper for the Maroons after narrowly beating Kalyn Ponga in a strip show contest. The Advocate understands the fullback role has been causing major headaches for coach Billy Slater, as Queensland was forced to weigh up choosing between the reliable Origin vet Kalyn...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A young fellow who happens to be noticeably shorter than many of his peers is also a very fast walker and often makes a point of walking much faster than his taller brethren. Sam Davies rolls his eyes frequently at Google Maps when they suggest walking could take up to 45 minutes. "It'd be half an...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shown his affable personality off on the world stage today.  Engaging in some friendly diplomacy with other leaders at the G7 summit, Albanese reportedly broke the ice with his Japanese counterpart by asking a relatable question.  “You got any of those Minus 196s,” laughed Albanese to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.  A slightly confused Kishida...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT A cacophony of giggles is filling a hotel lobby this morning as a chirpy airline crew share some flirty banter amongst themselves. With shirts freshly ironed and hair super glued into place, witnesses say a cohort of 12 airline staff from Virgin International were looking rather spiffy, as they checked out of their hotel rooms and...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Upon reflecting on what the last real thrill he had, Betoota local Liam Bram realised he hasn’t really experienced a flight-or-fight response since his card declined back in 2017. Close his quarter-life crisis, Bram caught himself wondering if a trip to Thailand would be on the cards, like the one he took ten years ago and still talks...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A spoiled young man with an unprofessional ponytail has been labeled an "entitled millennial" today by some in the wider Betoota community who feel he's wanting everything all at once without first working for it. The man, Ralph Gooley of Betoota Heights, was talking to his boss at Zoo Park Camera & Sound this morning...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT It's been 5 hectic days for the journalists of the rugby league world, and it looks like there might not be any end to the madness in sight. "Pretending to work is actually much harder than actually working," laughed one Fox Sports journalist who has been pretending to be focused on the Dragons coaching saga. This comes after...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT JUST COMING OFF THE M1: Prime Minister Albanese has been reportedly dogged quite severely overnight, after inviting one of the older boys to his carefully curated house party. In reports out of Washington DC, it seems that President Joe Biden has cancelled a visit to Australia, the second leg of his upcoming Asia trip. Biden's visit was expected to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The over-educated, under-employed masses of our bustling inland port city are nervously waiting for their student debts to be indexed massively this year following record inflation. One of those local students who's not particularly concerned is Annabelle Ranpooley, who recently made it onto the orthopaedics program at Royal Brisbane. She says while it opens a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The 151 MPs and 76 senators in Federal Parliament own a combined total of 237 properties around the country. This includes their primary and 'Canberra residences.' It includes interests in 210 other properties including holiday homes, investment properties, or agricultural land. That number includes the relatively modest number owned by the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who...