Sunday, June 30th, 2019 |
The Astonisher finally admits that Mayor Mullet is in re-election mode, despite that it has been the case for the past year or so. Now the Bulletin has hit the panic button, beating the bushes to try and scare up a challenger. And The Magpie looks at the danger lurking beneath the mayor’s benign election… View full story »
Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 |
A Special General Meeting during the week was meant to talk about the venerable old club’s dire finances, but things went much further than that, with half the committee resigning, a new president elected, and charges of chauvinism and racism hurled about. The ‘Pie had a fly on the wall. Are Townsville City Council staff… View full story »
Sunday, June 16th, 2019 |
And not by Jamie Durie (she can wish). The ‘Pie has a look at the mysteriously self-named City Placemakers, aka Pure Projects, and calls it out as Pure Bullshit – including one of the two most interesting dots that no one seems to have connected … until now. The Astonisher’s snide exercise in schadenfreude in… View full story »
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 |
Calm rational debate has been missing from this overly-emotive issue which has been blown out of all proportion as our own D (as in Decision) Day approaches this Thursday. So The ‘Pie gives his perspective – why not, everyone else has. Aitkenvale angst: the cliché involving ‘frying pan’ and ‘fire’ springs to mind when the… View full story »
Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 |
Yesterday’s show pony, struggling businessman and latter-day lady exciter Jamie Durie has again been tapped by Mayor Mullet for another stab at telling us how to suck eggs … err, sorry, save water. Didn’t make any sense to The ‘Pie until he joined some very interesting dots. Also, wonderful, whimsical and just a little bit… View full story »