WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT An Old City District office man has today summoned some of his nearest and dearest to a watering hole in the lanyard capital of town. With his second working week of 2025 coming to a close, Brangus Towns (31) confirmed to The Advocate that he deserved a
WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A Betoota Heights man has today been on the receiving end of some constructive feedback. Andrew Wilson (31) from our town’s pebblecretiest suburb copped the rapid fire burst of suggestions on how he could do better a short time ago, after his better half returned to a
EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local woman is today singing praises about rave culture, having recently attended her first ever outdoor rave in the outer skirts of Betoota Ponds. Practically bouncing with joy as she recounted her Friday night experience, Angie Bellingham, 24, says she truly can’t believe how friendly and caring everyone
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A quiet Friday morning at the Betoota Heights Business Park was shattered today when a 34-year-old sales manager rolled into the office with a 44-gallon drum repurposed as a drink bottle, decisively ending months of hydration one-upmanship among his colleagues. Greg Megger-Colin, an employee
STACY OAKSHEAF | City News | CONTACTI HAD IT FIRST: Local fashion fiend Maddie Clarke, 26, has reportedly entered full combat mode as the countdown begins for the Bassike warehouse sale this weekend. Known for her love of minimalist chic and a well-timed bargain, Maddie has been spotted sharpening her elbows—and her claws—in
EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs the world seems to grow increasingly divided as billionaire oligarchs amp up their efforts to infiltrate governments, media, and social media platforms, it can be confirmed that everything would be a lot better if Lord of The Rings was trending again, if not for some much needed escapism
Australia’s two major supermarket chains say they will change the date on which hot-cross buns first appear on their shelves each year. Both Coles and Woolworths reported negative consumer feedback after the traditional Easter treats were made available from Boxing Day last year. “We’re not sure why some customers complained
Gough’s Going Great! Any of you BUGgers out there old enough to remember that federal-election campaign slogan? In what probably seemed like a good idea at the time, Labor federally in the double dissolution election of 1974 used that for the poll that kept the Whitlam government in power –
GAZA WAR: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (main picture) says he has been “pleasantly surprised” at world reaction to his latest initiative in the war with Hamas in Gaza. “I have authorised many, many operations by the Israeli Defence Force in the past 15 months since the cold-blooded anti-Semitic attack
So, very, very hurt! A little while ago, this column claimed credit for the fact that sub-editors at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald had finally – after a MGH campaign that lasted for some years – listened to us and applied some old fashioned journo logic
Low rating news and opinion channel, Sky News Australia, has anointed alleged racist, Peter Dutton, as the white man to lead Australia. ”Enough of this Albanese chap,” said Sky News’ only reporter to be found guilty of breaching the racial discrimination act in a court of law, Andrew Bolt. ”Give
Today I can report exclusively for The Bug reader on some big changes being made by Australia’s television networks to some favourite shows that will once again grace our small screens in 2025. The changes being made are mainly to the titles of a number of popular programs whose new
WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT An Old City District office man has today summoned some of his nearest and dearest to a watering hole in the lanyard capital of town. With his second working week of 2025 coming to a close, Brangus Towns (31) confirmed to The Advocate that he deserved a
WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A Betoota Heights man has today been on the receiving end of some constructive feedback. Andrew Wilson (31) from our town’s pebblecretiest suburb copped the rapid fire burst of suggestions on how he could do better a short time ago, after his better half returned to a
EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local woman is today singing praises about rave culture, having recently attended her first ever outdoor rave in the outer skirts of Betoota Ponds. Practically bouncing with joy as she recounted her Friday night experience, Angie Bellingham, 24, says she truly can’t believe how friendly and caring everyone
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A quiet Friday morning at the Betoota Heights Business Park was shattered today when a 34-year-old sales manager rolled into the office with a 44-gallon drum repurposed as a drink bottle, decisively ending months of hydration one-upmanship among his colleagues. Greg Megger-Colin, an employee
STACY OAKSHEAF | City News | CONTACTI HAD IT FIRST: Local fashion fiend Maddie Clarke, 26, has reportedly entered full combat mode as the countdown begins for the Bassike warehouse sale this weekend. Known for her love of minimalist chic and a well-timed bargain, Maddie has been spotted sharpening her elbows—and her claws—in
EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs the world seems to grow increasingly divided as billionaire oligarchs amp up their efforts to infiltrate governments, media, and social media platforms, it can be confirmed that everything would be a lot better if Lord of The Rings was trending again, if not for some much needed escapism
Australia’s two major supermarket chains say they will change the date on which hot-cross buns first appear on their shelves each year. Both Coles and Woolworths reported negative consumer feedback after the traditional Easter treats were made available from Boxing Day last year. “We’re not sure why some customers complained
Gough’s Going Great! Any of you BUGgers out there old enough to remember that federal-election campaign slogan? In what probably seemed like a good idea at the time, Labor federally in the double dissolution election of 1974 used that for the poll that kept the Whitlam government in power –
GAZA WAR: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (main picture) says he has been “pleasantly surprised” at world reaction to his latest initiative in the war with Hamas in Gaza. “I have authorised many, many operations by the Israeli Defence Force in the past 15 months since the cold-blooded anti-Semitic attack
So, very, very hurt! A little while ago, this column claimed credit for the fact that sub-editors at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald had finally – after a MGH campaign that lasted for some years – listened to us and applied some old fashioned journo logic
Low rating news and opinion channel, Sky News Australia, has anointed alleged racist, Peter Dutton, as the white man to lead Australia. ”Enough of this Albanese chap,” said Sky News’ only reporter to be found guilty of breaching the racial discrimination act in a court of law, Andrew Bolt. ”Give
Today I can report exclusively for The Bug reader on some big changes being made by Australia’s television networks to some favourite shows that will once again grace our small screens in 2025. The changes being made are mainly to the titles of a number of popular programs whose new
