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'With headlines like
Supermarkets Urged To Rename New Avocado Variety So It
Doesn't Sound Like A Vibrator in reference to GMax Avocados, the team at
The
Betoota Advocate is fluent in sarcasm.
The satirical website is edgy and fun, and while it purports to share the
contents of "Australia's oldest newspaper", it has only been on social media
since 2014.
It launched its website prior to that, and claims to "prints its best stories".
And although the Advocate is named after the outback Queensland town of
Betoota, it has its headquarters in Sydney.
So, what do the people of Betoota make of all of this?
The Mayor of Diamantina Shire Council (in which Betoota sits), Robbie Dare,
loves the ingenuity of both the editor-at-large who goes by the pseudonym Errol
Parker and the editor whose pseudonym is Clancy Overell.
"I thought it was brilliant the fact that someone has done that," Cr Dare said.
"And it sort of puts Betoota back on the map. What they do definitely
highlights Betoota. It's got to be a big help for the business there. Good on
'em."'
Via Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier.
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*** Xanni ***
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