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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former year 7 class caption of Betoota Flight Path Primary, Noah Kellett (13) has today undergone the great suburban Australian male's right-of-passage. That is, putting his fist through a drywall. The increasingly poorly behaved local lad has reportedly blown a fuse this morning, after his older brother Milo refused to let him play on the iPad before school drop...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After making the most of his first long weekend as an eligible bachelor, Fuckboy ‘Roo’ Murdoch has found himself a victim to the dreaded post-bender scaries. Various reports are that it has come off the back of a two day bender over ANZAC day with several sources claiming to have seen Roo at the Woollahra Hotel in Sydney’s...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT WHEN YA SAY IT LIKE THAT I SPOSE: The Federal Government has today announced plans to tackle the fact that almost every teenager seems to be addicted to nicotine, after spending the entire pandemic locked down in their bedrooms puffing on artificially flavoured chemical vapour that was willingly sold to them at supermarket and corner shops. Rates of...

BERNARD BEWMER | Common Sense Outrage | CONTACT As someone who fought tooth and nail against the election of Anthony Albanese, even going as far as using my platform in a highly-circulated newspaper to vilify both he and his party for his entire campaign, I never thought I'd ever say that this country were lucky to vote for him. Because they are. That's right. The Australian...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One young man's inevitable 'meet the parents' moment took place in front a couple dozen eager eyes at a local Betoota pub this afternoon, as 19-year-old accounting student Billy McKeag was marched into front the Lord Kidman by his new girlfriend. Billy's new squeeze, Tina, had been unsure about how to introduce her relatively mild-mannered new boy to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Opposition Leader Peter Dutton continues to struggle to gain popular traction with the first Newspoll conducted since he formally pulled the band aid off and announced he will not be supporting the proposed constitutional recognition of Indigenous people, after spending months attempting to hedge his bets with But with the Liberals losing 20 seats at the 2022 Election,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT There are some sorry heads at workplaces across the nation today, after millions of Anzac Day revellers drank pubs dry and emptied their wallet well into the night. The public holiday on Tuesday had people flooding pubs and RSLs as early as 9am, with punters in high spirits as they commemorating Australia’s fallen soldiers with roaring two-up...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT ANZAC Day is here and crowds are now gathering at pubs and RSLs around the country, as punters make their way to the bar after rising early for the annual Dawn Service to honour our fallen diggers. Those who didn't wake up in time are encouraged to make up for it by heading down to the local to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A young family from Betoota Heights appear to be unfamiliar with the concept of a public park, that's according to yesterday's antics at the Royal Exchange Hotel. This comes as the relatively new parents, Mel and Pete Hanna, invited every friend they have to join them in swamping the entire front bar of this iconic pub on a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's approval rating has today slipped to an all-time, record-breaking low, according to new polls that have been conducted in the wake of his almost self-flagellating approach to the upcoming Indigenous Voice referendum. In the new poll published this morning, Labor had increased its primary vote from 39 per cent to 42 per cent, while...