Sunday, August 8th, 2021 |
Maybe iso might be good practice? Mayor Mullet said she was on council business in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago, but still managed to catch the Cowboys game at Suncorp on Friday night. Gosh, what lucky timing, eh? Now she’s home self-isolating, for which we all thank her. But was the trip actually the… View full story »
Sunday, August 1st, 2021 |
It’s been one of those week’s everywhere you look, somethings not right. Where to start? Show me the money!!! Jenny Hill’s dead hand sinks a multi-million project – with an unexplained loss of public funds. But in the very same week Honeycombes are forced to walk away, the mayor’s highly questionable favouritism is laid bare…. View full story »
Sunday, July 25th, 2021 |
….and even if they manage to weasel their way out of a thoughtless and hurtful misjudgment, a rare front page apology is merited – specially since the offending article was on the front page. But the victim is so filthy on the paper, that even a prominent apology probably won’t cut it. The gloves are… View full story »
Sunday, July 18th, 2021 |
Not a good week, for the arts aficionados in Townsville and North Queensland. We have just learnt that COVID has claimed the prestigious annual Festival of Chamber Music. Unfortunate but unavoidable, but earlier in the week, our mayor did the city huge reputational damage by trying to ‘reverse ferret’ out of a responsibility for another… View full story »
Sunday, July 11th, 2021 |
The member for Herbert has played our bumbling State Government and our strutting mayor off a break with the announcement of the first two tranches of $195million windfall for City Deal projects. But it’s not all good news – voters will now face the Irish Labourer’s Dilemma. The Magpie explains. Ironic, though, that it was… View full story »
Sunday, July 4th, 2021 |
Yup, you read it right … when independent councillor Fran O’Callaghan criticises Mayor Mullet’s budget, her rudeness, and her lockdown statements … instead of replying, Mayor Mullet goes the bully biff and complains to the Office of the Independent Assessor (OIA). The Magpie reports on this growing council bust-up – because you can be sure… View full story »
Saturday, June 26th, 2021 |
… because, to use the famous Thatcher phrase, this lady is not for turning. Jenny Hill would be hard pressed to come up with any deal that will turn away this councillor’s breath of honest air blowing through this cowardly, featherbedded council. Even The Bulletin has put in a long overdue boot. The Magpie looks… View full story »
Sunday, June 20th, 2021 |
A proposed new newspaper planned for Townsville sounds like an good idea, long overdue – Cairns has two independents, both doing well, and the Burdekin News in Ayr is going great guns … but from what little solid information is available, this Townsville project raises more red flags than a May Day march in Moscow…. View full story »
Sunday, June 13th, 2021 |
Politicians parading with footballers and locals for happy snaps against the background of the crime mayhem across the city caused by their neglect is exactly that … obscene. Wonderful that the game was here, and, OK a city piss-up to celebrate our luck being selected as the venue, but how galling is it to see… View full story »
Sunday, June 6th, 2021 |
Mayor Mullet, Memory Blank Walker and Labor back room boy Dolan Hayes all get unceremoniously splodged with Thompson’s national expose of this city’s parlous state … but saying what just about everybody thinks in this way may have its downsides. The ‘Pie ruminates. Invitation to a riot … the Bulletin has just graduated from ‘Top… View full story »