Betoota Talks

The Betoota Advocate

Clancy Overell and Errol Parker, editors of the explicitly raw but iconic Outback Australian newspaper known as The Betoota Advocate report fiercely - without fear or favour.

  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    BETOOTA TALKS: The Implosion Of The Federal Coalition (featuring Malcolm Turnbull)

    There is a famous saying about politics '“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen”. Last week felt like a decade. The Federal Coalition has imploded. The entire concept of an 'Opposition' now ceases to exist. What the hell has happened? The Betoota Advocate attempts to explain 'The Coalition' - what it is, how it functions, and why has it all gone to shit. Joining the editors is one man who knows all too well how dysfunctional this political institution has become: former Liberal Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.

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    25 January 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 14 minutes 39 seconds
    WEEKLY BULLETIN: Rock Bottom For Coalition, Greenland Technically Half Aussie, Under 16s Social Media Ban & Kings Cross is Back!

    Wendell Hussey, Errol Parker and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's!

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    23 January 2026, 3:38 am
  • 52 minutes 6 seconds
    BETOOTA TALKS: Tony Abbott

    To kick off 2026 we have the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott, joining Clancy and Errol in the studio. Tony gives us the inside stories about some of his most interesting moments, as well has how he ended up in politics, and what the future of the Liberal party looks like.

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    11 January 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 30 minutes 51 seconds
    The Betoota Advocate's Biggest Articles of 2025

    Clancy Overell and Errol Parker guide the Australian public through a journey into the year that was, 2025. From politics to pop culture, cities to farms, US to Australia, we talk through all the important and unimportant issues in 2025. Here's to a better 2026.

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    19 December 2025, 1:00 am
  • 13 minutes 10 seconds
    WEEKLY BULLETIN: Weird Victorians, Travel Allowances, Social Media Ban & Dial Before You Dig?

    Errol Parker and Clancy Overell wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's!

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    12 December 2025, 6:17 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    BETOOTA TALKS: Best of 2025

    As we wind down the year that was, Errol Parker guides a journey through some of the best moments from Betoota Talks in 2025. 

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    7 December 2025, 9:59 pm
  • 17 minutes 45 seconds
    WEEKLY BULLETIN: Essential Worker Christmas Party, Delloitte Replaced By AI, Spotify Wrapped & Ford Raptor

    Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's!

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    5 December 2025, 3:41 am
  • 35 minutes 21 seconds
    BETOOTA TALKS: Ashes Moments with Peter Lalor PART 2

    What turns a routine delivery into folklore? How does one wide ball at the Gabba trigger a generation of English PTSD? And why do the strangest, funniest and most chaotic moments always seem to find their way into this rivalry? In Part Two of our deep dive into Ashes mythology, Clancy & Errol once again sits down with Peter Lalor to revisit a fresh batch of chaos from the vault.

     

    From Harmison’s first-ball moonshot that nearly killed second slip, to Stuart MacGill’s 12-wicket fever dream, to Colin Cowdrey waddling out of a Boeing 707 to save England with nothing but a borrowed bat and enormous optimism. Also examined are some of the more questionable cultural artefacts of Ashes lore, including David “Bumble” Lloyd’s broken cock yarn and Michael Slater belting 176 while Alan Mullally put the dog up Narromine's favourite son. It’s another lap through the moments that prove the Ashes is less a cricket series and more a centuries-old soap opera with better screenwriting.

     

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    30 November 2025, 6:00 pm
  • 11 minutes 45 seconds
    WEEKLY BULLETIN: Pauline Hanson Stunt, Ciggies Not Appropriate Gift, Fine Dining Not Enough & Expensive Ice Latte

    Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.

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    28 November 2025, 4:55 am
  • 12 minutes 54 seconds
    WEEKLY BULLETIN: Amyl and The Sniffers, Dog Vomit, 50 Grand Retaining Wall & Cocaine Epidemic

    Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.

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    21 November 2025, 3:45 am
  • 32 minutes 8 seconds
    BETOOTA TALKS: Ashes Moments with Peter Lalor Part 1

    What is an Ashes moment, really? Why do grown men howl like rapid dogs over a ball that lands on a crack? And how did a couple of colonial summer sports turn into one of the world’s most unhinged rivalries? This week, The Betoota Advocate sits down with one of cricket’s most respected storytellers, Peter Lalor, to unpack the triumphs, meltdowns and outright fever dreams that have defined Australia v England, from Thommo rearranging David Lloyd’s tackle, to Scott Boland becoming a deity at the MCG. Join Betoota Talks as Clancy Overell and Errol Parker dig beneath the polite veneer of “Test cricket tradition” and explore the cultural fault lines, national insecurities and generational scars that make the Ashes what they are. A simmering, century-old grudge match wrapped in whites, sunscreen and mild sporting trauma.

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    20 November 2025, 6:44 am
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