Saturday, December 29th, 2018 |
Has mega-fraudster Craig Gore skipped Australia? And if so, why hasn’t this been reported in the media – especially since he is supposed to have made a midnight flit the very day after a judge refused to allow him to leave? In other matters, one has to admit that the Townsville Bulletin is consistent …… View full story »
Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 |
Just a Christmas quickie this week … why should Santa be the only one. Nothing momentous during the week, bit of the usual headless chook stuff from the council about CBD parking – maybe extending free time to 30 minutes … there’s a stress inducer for you, do they ever think these things through? And… View full story »
Sunday, December 16th, 2018 |
In what appears to be an inadvertent admission, a Crime and Corruption Commission official has confirmed that the corruption watchdog is looking at unspecified matters concerning the Townsville Council. The Magpie tells the somewhat bizarre tale of how this admission came to be made. Giving developers and businesses incentives to invest in Townsville is all… View full story »
Sunday, December 9th, 2018 |
Why did the Townsville Council go against its own advice and divert more than $200 000 away from local workers on a failed development … and give it to a company associated with the collapse of that development? It’s a murky tale indeed in the matter of the Allure Apartments and its illegally stacked Body… View full story »
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 |
And that departure had just as large an impact on Townsville history as the low level Walker Street cat fight … Mark Petra, the man widely believed to have sparked the Shepherdson Inquiry back in 2001 has died … and now the question that has panicked many a labor-type person is … what’s happened to… View full story »
Sunday, November 25th, 2018 |
And in so doing, the TCC has exposed the city to a possible million dollar class action. A large group of Cluden residents are under dust attack from an industrial site that has just been given permission for a unbelievable increase in polluting activity. Residents are ‘mad as hell and not taking it anymore’. And… View full story »
Sunday, November 18th, 2018 |
This seems to be an admission of sorts, but somehow stops short of the usual requirements: the son of the Bluewater property owner Sandra Richards says although Queensland Fire And Emergency Services has now agreed pay compensation for damage caused by suspected arson to her property, the Service is unwilling to further investigate the man… View full story »
Sunday, November 11th, 2018 |
The CEO of the Townsville City Council puts out a demeaning and disgraceful tweet about a terror murder victim – a terror murder victim FFS – that could be interpreted as saying it was all a fuss BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN. This city has been shamed by her crass ambiguity and base words, and… View full story »
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 |
The more it is delved into, the more the TCC Annual Report looks like a magical mystery tour, but by far the most intriguing aspect is what might be called the Abracadabra of the Disappearing Dollars … or more correctly, the Missing Millions. And speculation as to where that may lead could be Ipswich Redux…. View full story »
Sunday, October 28th, 2018 |
And it’s a report full of interesting claims and at least one major error in a crucial graph … but that’s bound to happen when you’re telling half- porkies. The Magpie is a bit mystified and raises a few points, for which he is sure out newly transparent council will be quick to clear up…. View full story »
