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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The marriage of Betoota Grove's Emily Sheridan and Brendan Neeson was a roaring success over the weekend, as guests from some all over the town and state turned out to the sailing club to celebrate the Holy Matrimony between two of the region's most esteemed sporting dynasties. Father of the bride, Kevvy Sheridan, says watching his daughter marry his...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton is continuing to tread water this week, as he finds himself hamstrung between bringing a refreshing approach to Liberal Party politics, or behaving like the far-right redneck that everyone assumes he is anyway. When it comes to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum, Dutton has the option to join the nearly universal campaign to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A very embarrassing video has surfaced of former Australian cricket captain and trouble-magnet Michael Clarke in a heated confrontation with his girlfriend, before he turned on media personality Karl Stefanovic who was also present. The two men are reportedly forced to holiday together because their missos are sisters, and it seems that Christmas went a bit too long for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The habit Australian males have of hiding their emotions and grievances behind a wall of stoicism has been greatly reinforced this week, after the media firestorm surrounding Prince Harry's new autobiography 'Spare'. Once viewed as the most relatable British Royal, it seems Australia's favourite stoner womaniser may have lost his edge - after penning 800 pages of deeply personal...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT There was a time where local real estate agent Clyde Menzies-Hopscotch (31) had everyone worried. As an affluent 'leader of tomorrow' - it's hard to imagine that someone from such an important family could have found himself unemployed in his mid-twenties But that's what happened... and it rattled everyone close to him. His parents, his grandparents, his mates,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A major report released today by one of Australia's most esteemed Refrigerator Mechanic bodies has levelled damning claims against pretenders within the industry. The findings are already causing controversy on worksites across the nation, as it becomes clear that not all fridgies are equal - in the eyes of fridgies. The report, which was commissioned Fridgies United Conglomerate Of...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT The gut-punch of current grocery prices is stinging a bit less for Betootan Pepita Mann (27) who recently got her own place after telling her ex he should probably do the same. Just as biology textbooks suggest, Mann was ready to drown her heartbreak in a sea of dumplings, hot chips, pizzas, pides, fried chicken and whatever the hell...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With a vast majority of Australians returning from their Christmas break and back into to work over the next week, the purgatory of early January appears to be wrapping up. It is at this point of the calendar where the nation must seriously consider the legitimacy of their New Year's resolutions. Are they really going to switch on and hit...

LIL SOOK | UNPAID INTERN | CONTACT The editors, field reporters and cadets of The Betoota Advocate have today finally returned to the newsroom on Daroo street today, after blatantly taking a week off. This all became clear when both The Betoota Advocate's official social media and the newspaper's website dedicated an entire week to rehashing the 'best of 2022' - a very decadent exercise...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The billionaire apartheid prodigy Elon Musk has this week once again reminded the world that trust fund baby entrepreneurs are best seen and not heard. This comes as the 51-year-old South African works tirelessly to undo his rather cool legacy of building driverless cars and sending rockets to Mars, and instead focuses on broadcasting his midlife crisis to the...