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9 April, 2017. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact After being asked repeatedly not to say anything too raucous, a South Betoota tiler has brought the house down at the Daroo Street Function Centre last night after roasting the groom and best friend with hilarious, but completely inappropriate anecdotes and stories. Sam Pietersen agreed to be John Millers' best man immediately, but...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local woman, Anna Peters (27) has taken a huge gamble in uploading a captionless selfie with the new bloke she's been seeing, well before anyone knows if this is going to be a sure thing - including him. The bloke in question, who is commonly known as 'Donger' to his close mates, says the Instagram post was a...

6 April, 2017. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Thinking that he'd had enough to toil with since his last holiday over Christmas, Jennean Pallister though her husband Michael would enjoy a short 8-day retreat to Melbourne. However, Mrs Pallister was wrong. While Micheal is the devoted South Park fan in all of Lightning Ridge, he told The Advocate this afternoon that he'd...

6 April, 2017. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Rocking up ten minutes late to his first lecture, a Betoota TAFE student has totally embarrassed himself by opening his laptop, revealing that he forget to close a pornographic website he was looking at last night before bed. Khi Westmacott, 21, punked himself this morning during his horticulture theory class and scrambled...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Caught between a credit card and a hard place, a West Betootan road worker spent much of the afternoon fishing through his ashtray looking for something vaguely smokable - all the while wondering if he's above smoking dumpers. Today's announcement of an increase in taxes on both pre-rolled and roll-your-own cigarettes has made this decision...

5 April, 2017. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As the cost of living in leafy East Betoota continues to grow, some of the town's most vulnerable workers are beginning to feel the pinch. After signing an enterprise agreement with his employer, local waiter Jackson Stumpman said his regular hourly and penalty rates were replaced by a flat, above award rate. However,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Parramatta grandmother's bold choice of sports shoe footwear is contrasting wonderfully with her traditional Indian saree, it has been confirmed by her grandchildren this afternoon. While many of Indria Kumar's grandchildren are secretly amused by her decision to seek flexible arch support that provide greater balance and comfort in the shoe - the 88-year-old matriarch is yet...

3 April, 2017. 9:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Sighing loudly enough for half the wine bar to hear, a local Greens voter took a moment to reflect on the government's unjust immigration policy as he stared out the window, fighting back tears. "It's disgusting," said Urshela Leaf, 36, of South Betoota's famed Greenpoint Artists' Commune. "They're imprisoning children, they're committing crimes...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The typical Australian grandfather's Christmas Day outfit has nothing on a local African bloke's flash new button up, it has been confirmed. The South-Betoota man by the name of Lou has received praise from the local community today for bringing back the loud button up. A style once made popular by drovers visiting town for the rodeo. The father-of-three says this...

31 March, 2017. 9:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact If there's one thing Mark McLaughlin enjoys less than somebody vomiting in the back seat of his taxi cab, it's cyclists. The 77-year-old was the first taxi license recipient in the greater Betoota district in 1965, where he was able to grow his business from just one car to ten in a matter of...