Sunday, December 20th, 2020 |
Rupert’s little seducer EMMA is back on the scene, and our man at The Bulletin is smitten … but he suffers an embarrassing premature calculation. That’s just one of the yarns in this bumper double size Christmas/New Year edition of the Magpie’s Nest. Muddying the leaking waters … thanks to emboldened whistle-blowers contacting this blog,… View full story »
Sunday, December 13th, 2020 |
Bob and Robbie Katter’s glee at the mayor’s support for the idea demonstrates that they’re a bit dense, really … when their pet project gets the thumbs up from a woman who has run her own city into the ground through ineptitude and bad decisions, it is hardly the time for rejoicing. And as usual,… View full story »
Sunday, December 6th, 2020 |
Not even in hindsight. A bill to let us in on how we were looked after over throughout 2020 has been defeated in state parliament this week, shielding Chief Medical Officer Jeanette Young and the premier from any transparency on restriction and border decisions, decisions that resulted in the greatest quashing of personal rights in… View full story »
Sunday, November 29th, 2020 |
Queensland Parliament was tissue-central when our newly minted failure for Mundingburra, Les Walker, broke down in tears during his revealing maiden speech to Parliament. So what was the issue that brought out the sobs, was it juvenile crime, drugs, domestic violence? Come off it. The Magpie reveals all. The Mullet’s mockery mocked: the community’s made… View full story »
Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 |
Gosh, it’s enough to make the unbeliever start trusting in divine providence. The coincidences and characters involved in Prins Ralston’s long and winding road to the Townsville Council’s CEO’s chair is almost a biblical parable. .Jenny Hill is shouting ‘hallelujah!’ as though it’s a second coming. But as The Magpie explains, perhaps we should be… View full story »
Sunday, November 15th, 2020 |
… that is, the price ratepayers will have pay to watch Labor factions and enmities play out in public. Two shining examples this week of political points-scoring v the public good … you can guess who’s winning. David The Kid Crisafulli continues his climb up the greasy pole, and has got Anna by the ankle… View full story »
Sunday, November 8th, 2020 |
The bizarre burlesque that is the American presidential election has us transfixed. The global dismay on all sides with Donald Trump’s alarming descent into demented comi-tragedy holds our attention like The Joker in a Batman movie. The latest update shortly. The ‘Pie has an insider exclusive or two: Mayor Mullet gets huffy when publicly told… View full story »
Sunday, November 1st, 2020 |
The choice was always stark – a wet lettuce leaf or CMO Jeanette Young. The good doctor wasn’t on the ballot, but there can be no doubt she’s been running the state – into the ground. At the time of writing, she is set for another four years as a marionette master. Townsville Enterprise doesn’t… View full story »
Sunday, October 25th, 2020 |
Could it be that the secretive private lobby group The Local Government Association of Queensland has finally cracked the big time, set to rake in up to $88million from the Government’s promised $880 million COVID recovery plan? There’s plenty of reason to believe so, but also a sinister reason we’ll never know the real extent… View full story »
Sunday, October 18th, 2020 |
Not resign, just stand aside as the matter of the fatal accident over which has now been charged is determined. The Magpie argues for her to reconsider her unexplained ‘hell no I won’t go’ stance. The ‘Pie puts the case for her to step down. Is Donald Trump gay? Well, he seems to think he… View full story »
