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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local man, Shaun Jackson, says he is "pretty cut" after learning that his hot coworker Kelly is actually a full blown happy clapper. Not only that, but she also reads Pedestrian.tv The 29-year-old sales representative spoke to The Advocate today about how he came to learn that his chirpy account manager upheld a relationship with the youth-oriented...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Although she refuses to admit it, local mum Annette Sawyer has needed help updating her Facebook profile for over three months now. In a moment of hysterical emotion in June 2015, Ms Sawyer joined the masses on social media and decided to show her support for marriage equality by altering her Facebook profile image to include a Gay...

10 February, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR New England Tony Windsor has ridden time on one of the most feared bulls in all of South West Queensland, Bone Crusher. The Cordillo Downs Invitational attracts some of the biggest names in amateur corner country rodeo, with the likes of Windsor and other assorted country glitterati making the...

20 January, 2016 14:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After her first taste of dating since breaking up with her fiancé of three years, Kylie Burns says finally being back in the game is a liberating feeling. "It's really good to get dressed up and meet other guys," "It's been about four months since I broke up with Brendan, so I was pretty excited when Mark asked...

14 January, 2016 10:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Between tubs of chocolate ice cream and light-hearted Will Ferrell comedies, Samantha Hendry is trying her very best to comfort her heartbroken best friend, Margot Bowler. Approximately 48 hours ago, Margot was dumped by her long-term boyfriend, Jacob - on the grounds of her being too boring. "I'm trying my best, but she honestly thinks he was...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Chuffed local man, Andrew Morris has spoken to The Betoota Advocate today about what he describes a "fucking close call". When confronted by his wife, Angela, about a concerning spike in the household's monthly internet bills - the self-employed father-of-three was successfully able to shift the blame from himself - to his 15-year-old son. "I would have been in...

  CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT 72-year-old retired railway worker, Bruce Goddard says that until he and his mates discovered the music of David Bowie - they were quite scared of the idea of gay people, and almost certain they didn't really exist "Mate we grew up on Elvis and Chuck Berry, we never knew there was a community of blokes out there rooting...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Ellie Keaton-Mcgrath has been married for just over 25 minutes, and despite the fact she is now surrounded by her closest family and friends, she is also keeping a very close eye on how the people who weren't invited to her wedding are responding to a Facebook photo she has uploaded of herself walking down the aisle. Shortly before...

ERROL PARKER |Editor-at-large | Contact FOR THE FIRST TIME since 2010, Queensland's Channel Country has flooded, news that was brought to the world via the Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce's recent tweet, a photograph taken on the banks of the makeshift inland sea - just south of Windorah. Widely considered to be some of the best cattle finishing land on Earth, the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While caught in the midst of a four week holiday break from work, Georgina Lorigan says she has lost complete track of time. "I couldn't tell you if Christmas was yesterday or a week ago - I don't what day it is," "Staff Christmas drinks weren't too long before my family Christmas, but I've had so many different Christmas...