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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It was a small step for Marshall Bradey to agree to dine at his now local Chinese restaurant, but it was a giant leap to expect him to use a pair of chopsticks. The unrefined 29-year-old plumber was lured to his cultural doom by Sally Callaghan, his current casual partner who's looking to make what they...

11 October 2016. 15:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Renowned Western Queensland grazier, Roger Tully (74) still can't help think about all the sadistic things he would do if was lucky enough to spend a couple hours one-on-one with former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Mr Tully says his livelihood as an agricultural producer was 'put to the fucking test' under the Keating...

11 October, 2016. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BEING A STUDENT IS HARD, especially when you need to shield yourself from your bleak future with cheap wine and petty sexual contact. It's also remarkably expensive. That prompted Kelly Mosshart to invent a novel way of cutting down the costs of being a student - by vomiting into a Brita water filter...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After guiding the Mighty Dolphins under 10s to their eighth premiership in a row, club veteran and Betoota Mayor, Councillor Keith Carton has been criticised today for what many rival clubs describe as poor sportsmanship. The BDRLFC board has today confirmed that Carton has been temporarily stood down and will be further disciplined by the...

19 September, 2016 17:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Tonight will mark the first time that local panel beater, Tony Manakis (48) hasn't watched the ABC since they had sole broadcasting rights for international test cricket. He says he doesn't know too much about this Q&A shit, but if he was ever going to watch something on the public broadcaster again in his life, tonight...

17 September, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact JOINING ARTHUR TALLON ON HIS morning commute was stressful enough, but what came out of his mouth was the hate gravy upon his roast of every cyclist we drove past. "Just look at the cunt,' he said. The 43-year-old tax agent pointed with his hand outstretched as we headed toward central Betoota yesterday...

8 September, 2016. 10:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local degenerate, Tyler Watson (35) isn't really worried that nearly 800,000 Brazzers subscribers have had their personal details exposed in a major security breach, even though he is one of them. The IT worker is well aware that the premium porn website has been infiltrated by hackers who stole the details of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local mum, Olivia Mundey (58) has made a subtle attempt to show solidarity with her adult children, as husband John (62) launches into his weekly political rant. The children Laura (25) and Samuel (27) are also trying their best to make sure dad doesn't an unmanageable level of Courier Mail-fuelled rage as he talks about...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact CELESTE 'CECE' CARTER ALWAYS opens with the same line. "You know, I have a son about your age," she'd say to some unsuspecting young ringer in a fresh striped shirt his mother bought him for the trip down to the coast. "Oh yes! My youngest son wants to go to Newcastle Waters! Do you know anybody...

28 August, 2015 10:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Betoota races, held over two days in our far-western Queensland town about 33 kilometres north of the South Australian border, are quite literally the only show in town until - until the Brophy boxing tent roles through in October that is. With a spectacular turn out of roughly 6,000 people - our town has...