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27 July, 2015. 16:09 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THERE IS A PART of Northern Australia that's still untouched by the outside world. Outsiders who dare to visit are often greeted with hostility. They have their archaic views mocked and their livelihoods called in to disrepute. As a young man from neighbouring Charleville found out the hard way in 2004. He travelled to this tiny lost pocket of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Bryan Hatton has spent the last 24 minutes wrestling with the gruelling task of "taking a dump" - while also hyperextending his left arm in order to keep the door shut, in the Betoota Hotel mens room. It appears the door in the far-right stall has, at some point, suffered a blow from a patron's boot on the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact "Oi everyone, back to mine!" Those were the words that echoed through the smoking area of the local The Betoota Hotel at 2:00am on Sunday morning. 25-year-old Lewis Gurr says: "It didn't look like anyone else was gonna put their hand up". "...plus there was heaps of white wine left over from my housemates birthday". It is...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A bloke you kind of knew in high school, and haven't had much to do with since, has grown an edgy chin strap - confirms Facebook. The prominent Christian youth leader and Foo Fighters enthusiast says he now feels confident in his youthfulness - thanks to a daring yet revolutionary style of beard. "It's like, the rest of the kids...

30 April, 2015. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE BETOOTA HOT Springs opened to local fanfare and stern warnings from health authorities this afternoon. Mayor Cr Keith Carton said the concerns for public safety were "unfounded" and "inflammatory" and declared that the hot springs were safe for all residents to enjoy. "When I was a kid, we used to swim in...

24 April, 2015. 11:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] 100 YEARS AGO, thousands of young Australian soldiers were approaching the shores of Gallipoli, nervously awaiting what would turn out to be one of the least successful commonwealth campaigns in military history. New Zealand was there with us - facing off against another generation of equally timid, young turkish men. The Australian and New...

Disclaimer: This is NOT satire A GRASSROOTS AUSTRALIAN NEWS and media production company have today unveiled a controversial crowd-funding campaign to raise money for the production of an upcoming Outback web series. The "rewards" they have offered to supporters are sure to spark interest. Particularly with the authorities. Have a look at the Kickstarter campaign below to see some of the shady donation prizes, which...

8 April, 2015. 15:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE STAFF OF a North Betoota café are beginning to grow weary of one barista's music playlist after the 23-year-old hasn't stopped bingeing on The Smiths since breaking up with his short-time girlfriend, Angela. The pair mutually decided to part ways after it was revealed to The Advocate that Harry Muller, the...

3 April, 2015. 13:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Eight year-old local boy, Jake Williment says the concept of Easter is very bizarre for people his age. "They make us get up so early and go to church. Why do we have to go to dumb Church?" "Church is dumb and boring. My grandparents like it but that's only because they get...

Today, after a series of unpublicised negotiations, News Corp Australia and Betoota News Pty Ltd  are happy to announce a history-making partnership that will benefit both companies and both communities, but more importantly - all consumers of news. After several months of bickering and a longstanding but healthy rivalry, The Betoota Advocate is very happy to join the likes of the...