Betoota Talks

The federal election is finally over, so the political interviews MUST end. The Betoota Advocate is back talking to rockstars this week with a ripping yarn with Silverchair drummer turned solo artist Ben Gillies. The editors talk to this proud Novacastrian about the early beginnings as teenagers in a garage, and his development as a musician since then, as he celebrates the release of his new sing...

Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the final episode before the Federal Election, the Betoota Advocate interviews Grace Tame. Speaking candidly, The former Australian Of The Year gives an insight into what has been happening since the last time we spoke in 2021 - both in her work, and in Australia. Grace Tame talks about working on policy, advocacy, and her epiphanies about both the political class and the media. This is not on...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For our second last interview before the Federal Election, The Betoota Advocate interviews the Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Chris Bowen tells his story from growing up in Western Sydney, getting into politics, getting an education and eventually getting his hands on the levers. As the Member for McMahon, Bowen thinks this election will be very close, and we haven't even seen the...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the Liberals panic over losing affluent inner-city seats to the Independents, the Labor Party faces the same age old challenge of The Greens taking their urban working class electorates. Celeste Liddle is a candidate gunning to do just that, in perhaps the most marginal Labor seat in the country. A unionist, feminist author and a member of the party's Indigenous caucus known as ‘The Bl...

Clancy Overell and Errol Parker wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s guest, Rebekha Carina Che Sharkie represents the Division of Mayo, just south and east of Adelaide. A Ten Pound Pom who as a kid would sleep under tables in the rural pubs of South Australia while her dad played drums. She initially approached the Liberals for pre-selection a decade ago, but was told that a single mother would be a bad look for the party. So, she joined the Centr...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Finally, an akubra that isn't sparkling clean - with one of the most inspiring life stories to grace the Decode Podcast. The Betoota Advocate interviews Bob Katter’s next prodigy. Rod Jensen, an Indigenous KAP candidate from Far North Queensland. He's had a distinguished career in the NRL, community work and education. Rocket Rod offers answers to regional issues that are rarely discussed in...

Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Clancy and Errol talk to another Independent Candidate hoping to disrupt the status quo at the 2022 Federal Election. Hanabeth Luke is a scientist and Marine Rescue volunteer,  who teaches at Southern Cross University, while also raising a family in Evans Head. She making a run at the marginal electorate of Page, currently held by the National Party. After 6 weeks of flood rescues...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've got another proud Nationals MP in the booth this week, Darren Chester the Member For Gippsland in Victoria. Clancy and Errol hit DC with the big questions, what is the number one concern for the people in his electorate? What is it like being member of the Coalition Government that clearly does not want him in the Federal Cabinet? What's the plan for the rising rates of poverty and homelessn...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been an unprecedented couple months of natural disasters down the east coast of Australia. From Gympie to Lismore, to the Hawkesbury River out the back of Sydney. And with this changing climate, comes new responsibilities for our Federal Politicians. Today on the Decode Podcast, we speak to the Shadow Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Murray Watt (ALP). A former Chief Of Staff to Ann...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another hopeful Federal Independent joins the Betoota Advocate this week, as we zone in one one of the more exciting types of political campaign: The celebrity candidate. Former Wallabies flanker David Pocock joins Clancy and Errol to discuss his surprising bid to become one of the two Federal Senators from the ACT. The 33-year-old former Rugby Union star talks about his hyper-local campaign to fi...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the global streaming services make their move on an Australian market, there's has never been a better time to be working in - or watching - Aussie TV. This week, the editors interview someone with one of the most exciting and exhausting roles in our country's media landscape. Que Minh Luu, content direct for Netflix, speaks the Betoota Advocate about the next wave of content that her team are...

Clancy Overell, Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, The Betoota Advocate finally lands access to one of the big hitters of the Liberal Party. Victorian Senator Jane Hume was more than willing to join the Decode podcast to discuss everything that both she and her party stands for. As well as everything they hope to achieve for the Australian people beyond the 2022 election. A Moderate-Modern Liberal, Hume talks about her love of wor...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the fourth interview profile for Betoota's new Decode series, Clancy and Errol talk to Allegra Spender, the Independent candidate for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. After interviewing a range of high-ranking figures from the Nationals, Labor and the Greens - The Betoota Advocate has today zoned in on the newest force in Australian politics, the Independents. With a long line of Liberal MPs and Amba...