The Nation

4 September, 2015. 14:18 HARRY JENKINS | Entertainment | Contact LESS THAN A WEEK out from the series finale, information has gotten out that a contestant from Network Ten’s Great Australian Spelling Bee has tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug, Methylphenidate. The contestant has been formally disqualified from the competition, however, the remaining pre-recorded episodes of the series will be screened as planned this...

4 September, 2015. 11:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S NOT THAT they're all embarrassing now, all of these horrible things were discussed this week in the Betoota Advocate podcast. After a report was released by Her Majesty's Prison Service earlier this week, The Advocate sent Errol Parker to the UK to investigate claims that British entertainer Rolf Harris was being...

26 August, 2015. 10:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact SARAH RIDGWAY says despite the fact that she has an irresponsible addiction to online shopping, and dedicates far too much of her paycheque to a party-girl lifestyle - she cannot go anywhere without being told how noble she is. "It's really bizarre. I'm a single 20-something who likes night-clubbing and I am always...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact DRY SEX. The sexual act made famous by teen comedy films in the 1980's, is still very much the thing to do. That's according to a group of trendy Christian teenagers from South-East Brisbane, who say they are content with doing everything except "it". The Betoota Advocate spoke with Kelly, Kylie, Jack, Sarah and Ben -...

  29 August, 2015. 16:45 ANTHONY SAHMELBAHN | Melbourne Correspondent | Contact The Australian Border Force (ABF) has postponed Operation Fortitude, its inaugural visa blitz in Melbourne, this weekend due to “technical issues” with its foreigner detection dogs (FDD), said the Federal Government. Operation Fortitude was to be a joint operation targeting visa fraud in Melbourne CBD including Victoria Police, Metro Trains, Yarra Trams and The...

28 August, 2015. 10:10 LOCAL NEWS | Contact After months of campaigning, The Betoota Advocate team can proudly announce that we have managed to convince the former member Independent Member for New England to visit our humble town - in celebration of the annual Betoota Races! As a quiet supporter of both the newspaper and our under-resourced town, Mr Windsors has always promised...

25 August, 2015. 15:02 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A DUBBO FARMER has conceded that climate change "could very well be real" after a tornado swept through the western NSW town late yesterday afternoon. 46-year-old Muddy Brooker said that in all his years farming in the local area, he thought he'd seen everything Mother Nature could throw at him. Only two years...

25 August, 2015. 10:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Not even 24 hours after Melbourne rapper Ur Boy Bangs announced via Twitter that his upcoming album will be his final musical project, today the world has been made aware of just how spectacular his last hurrah will be. Speaking the MusicFeeds this morning, Perth-based hypno-rock outfit, Tame Impala have announced that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Channel 9 is under fire tonight for once again giving air time to yet another clearly unwell subject. This follows last week's interview with NRL star Josh Reynold's con artists ex-girlfriend, which was backed up tonight with a lenghty interview with former celebrity chef Pete Evans - who is now veering into the QAnon world of anti-5G...

23 August, 2015. 13:55 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Tuesday brunch was ruined today for a prominent Melbourne food blogger after her mobile phone ran out of battery. Blogger Katie Kingswood-Kelly says she was left devastated by the tragedy, which can only serve as a lesson to others in her profession. "My double-braised venison salad tasted like ash. I'm beside myself," said the...