Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 |
The ratepayers have been shafted again. It was all meant to be a secret, quietly slipped into brief mandatory public view before a curtain was drawn over it, attracting no comment. Classic silly season stuff, dropping in questionable moves at that time of year when people are distracted by other matters. Naturally, the Bulletin obliged… View full story »
Saturday, December 16th, 2023 |
Don’t be too dazzled by the blinding smile, his teeth are gritted, Premier Smiley is in the Christmas Hold of one man, union heavyweight Gary Bullock, the man who tipped the balance Smiley’s way for the top job. While it will be much a case of same circus, different ringmaster, there are a couple of… View full story »
Saturday, December 9th, 2023 |
Maybe not in two weeks time, but perhaps by the following Christmas, we will all be able to warm our hands around the traditional Labor implosion, which will see Albanese give us the most unwelcome Christmas present imaginable – Peter Dutton PM. The Magpie charts the spiral. The TCC’s surprising unsought generosity to a council… View full story »
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 |
… and when it comes to April 25th, – DON’T MENTION THE WAR – no more Anzac Day. South Australia’s Labor government has deleted all actual names on declared public holidays, except floating dates like Good Friday and Easter Monday. And they haven’t said why in any convincing manner. But , as Labor found out… View full story »
Saturday, November 25th, 2023 |
In an inexplicable kick in the head for businesses in the heart of the city, the council ‘steals’ the traditional CBD Christmas tree, moving it to The Strand – in much the same manner as the Christmas Grinch’s famous raid on Whoville’s festivities in the Dr Suess classic. Hard pressed business people find their joy… View full story »
Saturday, November 18th, 2023 |
It wasn’t just the egregious Aaron Harper who tried falsely go grandstanding about the withdrawal of federal infrastructure funding. It is now emerging that Premier Palaszczuk and Treasurer Cameron Dick knew precisely what was to be cancelled for months before last weekend’s announcement, but pretended they didn’t in the hope of winning back disaffected voters…. View full story »
Saturday, November 11th, 2023 |
In his desperation to stay on the gravy train, Harpic, fatally wounded by calling angry victims of crime an LNP rent-a-crowd, tries an epic ‘look over there’ ploy. And epically fails. Bentley nails him perfectly. No racial division, Albo? An experienced executive and project manager loses her job and has pack up her family and… View full story »
Saturday, November 4th, 2023 |
History would say so, but hey, a gal’s gotta do what a gal’s gotta do – to get re-elected. And if that involves deception, well, gol’darnit, so be FFS, they’re at it again!! Having you’d think there was a shortage of hoons in Townsville, or all the sexy crims have turned ugly, because the :… View full story »
Saturday, October 28th, 2023 |
Well, more of Jenny Hill if her three gold-plated ‘advisors’ doing their jobs right. Whether that’s value for money from a ratepayers point of view is a matter for them. They can have their say next March. The Magpie looks at the faces of the backroom crew that help shape whatever world they want for… View full story »
Saturday, October 21st, 2023 |
Yes, Nurse Smallwood was a godsend for the old bird this week. She arrived just in the nick of time, as The ‘Pie was despairing that he had nothing to write about in the Week of Silence by indigenous moral instructors, moping about the inevitable referendum outcome. But Nurse Smallwood never fails to come up… View full story »
