A former Princess may have just dropped a chart topping podcast, but here in Betoota, we were blessed with royalty of the Australian music kind. The Hilltop Hoods joined the show this week to run us through a career of hits, staying fresh, the nosebleed section, and countless jokes and references about South Australia. Tune in.

A former Princess may have just dropped a chart topping podcast, but here in Betoota, we were blessed with royalty of the Australian music kind. The Hilltop Hoods joined the show this week to run us through a career of hits, staying fresh, the nosebleed section, and countless jokes and references about South Australia. Tune in.

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Ep 224- The Hilltop Hoods

A titan of Australian journalism, Paul Barry has finished up at Media Watch and is back on the beat as an investigative journalist. And the story he's just broken is massive. Ever heard of Whyalla? It's down on the bottom of South Australia and it looks like this town has been F*CKED by an (alleged) con-artist. This is Australia's version of the Simpson's Monorail! His newest book, THE BIG STEAL, is out now!

A titan of Australian journalism, Paul Barry has finished up at Media Watch and is back on the beat as an investigative journalist. And the story he's just broken is massive. Ever heard of Whyalla? It's down on the bottom of South Australia and it looks like this town has been F*CKED by an (alleged) con-artist. This is Australia's version of the Simpson's Monorail! His newest book, THE BIG STEAL, is out now!

The Great Rort Of Whyalla (featuring Paul Barry)

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Take me home, country roads! Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd returns to his rural Queensland hometown for the 2026 Eumundi Writer's Festival. After wrapping up his high-profile tenure as Australia's Ambassador To Washington D.C - Mr Rudd joins Clancy Overell from The Betoota Advocate on stage at the Imperial Hotel in Eumundi for live interview about his life, politics, and relationship with Xi Jinping. This is a real stroll down memory lane for both Kevin and the locals in the audience, as the global President and CEO of the Asia Society recalls stories about his barefoot post-war childhood on a dairy farm in the semi-tropical Hinterland.

 

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Take me home, country roads! Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd returns to his rural Queensland hometown for the 2026 Eumundi Writer's Festival. After wrapping up his high-profile tenure as Australia's Ambassador To Washington D.C - Mr Rudd joins Clancy Overell from The Betoota Advocate on stage at the Imperial Hotel in Eumundi for live interview about his life, politics, and relationship with Xi Jinping. This is a real stroll down memory lane for both Kevin and the locals in the audience, as the global President and CEO of the Asia Society recalls stories about his barefoot post-war childhood on a dairy farm in the semi-tropical Hinterland.
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