Sunday, June 28th, 2020 |
Yup, read it here first, folks (and in the Astonisher sometime next week, if ever), the TCC Curly and Mo show goes on, with its usual cost to the ratepayer/taxpayer, as the former Bus Terminal cum backpacker hostel in South Townsville is no longer part of our shimmering future. The road trip of no return… View full story »
Sunday, June 21st, 2020 |
We have all seen it, we all know it is going on, but none of us has actually called it out for what it is – until now. The Magpie will name names and instances to highlight our collective shame of allowing this aspect of child abuse to go unchecked.. Robodebt writ small: The Townsville… View full story »
Sunday, June 14th, 2020 |
If the title wasn’t already taken, a documentary about modern Townsville would surely be The Usual Suspects … and the local version would have just as many questionable characters. Jenny Hill has signaled four more years of the same, starting with the newly formed North Queensland COVID-19 Recovery Task Force. Are the LNP backroom surgeons… View full story »
Sunday, June 7th, 2020 |
We won’t know that until details of the secret deal with the council about the aborted project is – if ever – released, a process still underway with the courts and the right to information folks. But it is reasonable to join a few dots tentatively while we wait. Floundering like a decked flathead –… View full story »