Local News

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTAs the sound of one billion empty bottles being tossed into yellow bins echoes across the land, The Advocate has today tracked down the one lone corporate soldier who’s heading into the office to write some emails.Stationed at the West Queensland office of ANZ Bank in downtown Betoota, local numbers guy Nathan Starc (29) has dawdled...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTA local man who was initially skeptical about the authenticity of a newly opened takeaway spot was relieved of his doubts after spotting a studious child diligently doing homework in plain view from the kitchen's back door.The restaurant, named "Taste of North India '' raised eyebrows among the community, with there already being a restaurant called "North India...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTA Betoota dad took a fresh bullet to the foot today as a guilty pleasure pit stop at Maccas was ruined by a young trainee greeting him with ‘What’s up?’.A someonewhat traditional fellow, local newsagent Sam Dovids loves hiding things from his wife such as the fact that he stops in for a feed at Maccas anytime he...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA local girl who knows every DJ in town has spoken to The Advocate today, offering her dieting tips and tricks for maintaining a slim figure. A real estate admin assistant by day, club rat by night, Sienna Mitchell is yet another member of the Betootanese community who appears to have jumped onboard the intermittent fasting trend,...

DR CHET SPEVENS | Finance Expert | CONTACTIf you’re a business-owning boss like me then you’re no doubt still reeling in disgust at the fact that the government continues to wrongly crack down on bosses who avoid paying their ungrateful staff their super “entitlements”.  ‘Wage theft’ they have the audacity to call it. Yea right. How can it be wage theft when...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACTA caravan park matriarch has spoken to The Advocate today, offering her top tips for a seamless Christmas holiday season.Having spent the last 30 years travelling up and down the east coast of Australia, whilst towing the prized family highway mansion, local Betoota mum of four Julie Andrews knows a thing or two about a camping...

DR CHET SPEVENS | Finance Expert | CONTACTIs your fine establishment in financial trouble?  Will you never make enough money to do those much needed renovations you’ve always dreamed of? If you’re a publican who nodded ‘yes’, then I’m not surprised. The post-Covid economy makes it impossible for our country’s fine establishments to turn a profit these days.  The psychological impact of lockdowns sees...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTThey say that hindsight is 20:20. That may or may not be true but I can confirm that hindsight is certainly not 20:420. As a member of the human race, I have long thought myself important and thus through due diligence do I make my appearance a tangible reflection of my personality. Much in the same way Nelson Mandela,...

RORY SALAZAR | Finance | ContactIt is hard to believe that the built form monstrosity in the photo above does not even begin to do justice to how hideous the thing really is. This follows an equally horrid realisation that the structural eyesore is a perfect representation of the narcissistic arsehole living inside. Chad Paul (39) bought the house with money he had accumulated from...

RORY SALAZAR | Finance | ContactA dilapidated structure that once housed a trio of twenty-something misfits has, as of this morning, been unceremoniously ripped to pieces by a bulldozer. The demolished building holds strong sentimental value for former residents, Stocko, Wobbo, and Red Nut (legal names not provided), as during their tenure it was home to some absolute shindigs that always got wildly out...