Saturday, September 30th, 2017 |
He lasted 18 agonising months, but Ben ‘Bogan’ English really earned his spurs for his next job … kissing the arse of Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate, who has even more say in the paper down there than Mayor Mullet does up here. The Magpie looks at the Bogan Legacy. Is Mayor Mullet about to… View full story »
Sunday, September 24th, 2017 |
Did JCU’s Vice-Chacellor Sandra Harding turn a blind eye to a worsening sexual culture at the uni? Or did she just not know? Either way, it’s not what you would expect from a million-dollar-a-year supremo of academe. In a week when the AFL ruffled feathers promoting the Same Sex Marriage Yes vote, one Aussie Rules… View full story »
Saturday, September 16th, 2017 |
It’s exclusive because you sure as hell won’t read it in the Townsville Bulletin. Put simply, Gill and his southern bosses have just lost an (albeit legal) out-and-out rort worth tens of thousands. Also this week … can you sum up Townsville in a single appropriate word? The ‘Pie can, and does. The old bird’s life-long… View full story »
Saturday, September 9th, 2017 |
A perfect CEO, a well respected old Townsville hand, is believed to be ready and willing to step in to right the Walker Street ship, but it’s an unlikely appointment while Mayor Mullet remains determined to steer us on to the rocks. The ‘Pie lets you be the judge. But, wait … do we have… View full story »
Saturday, September 2nd, 2017 |
Our hayseed image projected Mayor Mullet could not have been more complete if she appeared nationally in bib’n’braces carrying a banjo. Or on the front of the local paper promoting a darts tournament she has nothing to do with. What on earth did this truly ignorant and vicious woman expect when she calls for a… View full story »