The Betoota Advocate

The Betoota Advocate, recognized as Australia’s oldest newspaper, hails from the remote region of far-west Queensland. As a small, independent regional publication, we are committed to delivering honest and balanced news, reflecting the genuine spirit of the sunburnt land that characterizes the Queensland Channel Country. Founded in the mid-1800s, we take pride in being one of Australia’s longest-running newspapers, successfully navigating the realms of both regional and city news. Recently, we have experienced a surge in popularity thanks to our daring decision to launch an online version of our newspaper.

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Greens Staffers Furious As HQ Relocates From Inner-City Melbourne To The Bogan Caliphate Of Queensland

1 day ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTGuttural moans could be heard echoing down the streets of Melbourne’s inner-northside this week, as it became clear that the Greens Party is moving to Queensland. This means their political and campaign staffers either have to get used to drinking XXXX, or they can go find a job with the teals.
Dad Just Automatically Assumes New Neighbour Is A Fuckwit Until Given A Reason To Think Otherwise

1 day ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTLocal dad, Berrick Flannery (67) has enough mates. He doesn’t need any more. He certainly doesn’t think he needs to be making friends with blokes who are 30 years younger than him, and from out of town. That’s why he’s not realy making an effort to meet the new neighbours that moved in across the road. The neighbour, Bryce (37) really loves his new suburb.
Sudanese Bloke From Toowoomba Has The Same Accent As David Littleproud

2 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTSouth Sudanese-Australian, Marty Deng (27) is well aware how surprised people get when they notice that he sounds exactly the same as the 48-year-old leader of The National Party. After moving to Sydney earlier this year for a new job, many of his new acquaintances had just assumed that he would have a broad African accent. Either that, or he’d have one of those Western Sydney hybrids. But Marty isn’t from ‘The Area’ and he’s actually not from Africa.
Peter Dutton Reinvents Himself With A 6-Week Muay Thai Retreat In Phuket

2 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | After having his entire self-identity shattered on election night, a lost Peter Dutton has resorted to a 6 week Muay Thai retreat in Phuket. Liberal Party insiders say this is exactly what their ousted former leader needs to find himself. Like many Australian men, Thailand has been seen as an oasis for those that have just had a shocking 6 months, Dutton hopes that the trip will be the perfect way for him to reinvent himself.
Last Minute Surge In Postal Votes For Independents Has The Potential To Be Very Fucking Funny

2 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTWeeks after the 2025 Federal Election and the very careful vote-counting continues in the Liberal Party’s most marginal seats. Recent shifts in numbers suggest that the Liberal Party could very well lose two more seats that they had, hilariously, already celebrated winning. Both Goldstein in Melbourne and Bradfield in Sydney’s upper north shore had already been called for the Liberal Party by all of Australia’s major media outlets a week ago.
Brisbane Having Second Thoughts About Hosting Olympics After Realising It's Gonna Clash With Ekka — The Betoota Advocate

2 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTThe Crisafulli Government has called an emergency cabinet meeting today, after being alerted to a catastrophic calendar clash that may get in the way of billions of dollars worth of infrastructural development. It seems that the Brisbane Olympics are set to clash with Brisbane’s annual Royal Queensland Exhibition, also known as ‘The Ekka’.
"How Hard Is It To Build A Fucking Pool?" Says Sydney — The Betoota Advocate

3 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTThe people of Sydney are this week exhaling after a torturous federal election campaign that saw major swings towards the incumbent government across the country. With the Albanese re-elected by a landslide margin, the residents of his hometown are now redirecting attention to their own backyard. Namely, this fucking pool.
Angus Taylor Heads Bush To Gather Some Termites For The Next Era Of Liberal Party Politics

3 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Clancy Overell

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTA new era begins for the Australian Liberal Party!Southern NSW MP Sussan Ley has been elected as the 80-year-old political institution’s first female leader at Federal level, after defeating rival candidate Angus Taylor in a tightly contested ballot. The deputy leadership ballot was won by the unknown shadow energy minister Ted O’Brien, who is from Noosa and really likes nuclear energy.
Albo Creates Inaugural "New Taxes And Cuts To Social Services Ministry" For Tanya Plibersek

3 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Wendell Hussey

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | The newly returned Prime Minister of the country has this week revealed his new cabinet. Fresh off the back of a resounding victory, Anthony Albanese has kept some of his party in their positions and reshuffled a couple of ministerial portfolios. The promotions and demotions of minsters after an election is often seen as a reward or punishment for their performance over the last term of politics, and the election campaign.
Sussan Ley Elected As The Scapegoat For A Decade Of Blokey Incompetence

3 days ago | betootaadvocate.com | Wendell Hussey

The Liberal Party of Australia have a new leader, after a tumultuous couple of weeks in Canberra and around the country. Sussan Ley has been elected to lead the Liberal Party through the next few years of in-fighting, sabotage and public white-anting. Ley beat Angus Taylor to the new role, becoming the first woman to go off the Glass Cliff for the party. The deputy leadership is currently being contested now between Ted O’Brien on Sussan Ley’s ticket and Phil Thompson on Taylor’s ticket.