Sunday, May 5th, 2024 |
Sympathy seeking, hypocrisy and further backing down on campaign promises – the heady mix in a crowded news week for our accidental mayor, including yet another stinging rejection of his amateurish power grab, this time on the appointment of advisors. And on that point of advisors, we’ve all heard the old philosophical question ‘Who guards… View full story »
Sunday, April 28th, 2024 |
Thank heavens he’s not in the army. Troy Thompson is continually laying mines to trap his foes and then treads on them himself. It’s mesmerising to watch. Even the Townsville Bulletin has gone from tut-tut to put up or piss off. The situation is now untenable, both the mayor and the paper unable to fulfil… View full story »
Saturday, April 20th, 2024 |
The Smiley Labor Government now has to piss or get off the pot over the Bowen Rd Bridge lane duplication – if it doesn’t go ahead, totally avoidable traffic snarls for months – years, maybe – ahead will be Miles (and Walker’s) legacy. But, gosh, looks like there could a slight cost blow-out … nothing… View full story »
Saturday, April 13th, 2024 |
A popular political phrase coined more than 150 years ago ‘ the rift in the lute’ has been revived with the election of our accidental mayor, Troy TwoNames Thompson. It is an allusion to an apparently minor piece of damage which could possibly lead to larger disaster. Welcome to the new Townsville City Council. The… View full story »
Sunday, April 7th, 2024 |
More mystery from our mayoral mystery man … it got two degrees hotter for mayor-elect Troy Thompson during the week. And his apologists and enablers are out for Magpie blood. But there’s an even bigger mystery in a Margie ‘Potty Mouth’ Ryder FB post. The former councillor apparently reveals a bizarre medical secret … and… View full story »
Sunday, March 31st, 2024 |
Inevitably, our mayor-elect’s playing to the cheap seats in the election has been picked up by the national media, led by The Guardian … and he has already made a damaging issue out of a non-issue … nationally. Will TwoNames Thompson be worried by all this and figure it might all be too hard? Not… View full story »
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 |
The old curse may you live in interesting times doesn’t even start to cover it around here. The Magpie tries to sort where the hell we are, and what sort of hell we are headed for, with our new mayor who has …ahem … a few issues. Hell hath no fury like a Murdoch paper… View full story »
Sunday, March 17th, 2024 |
Yup it looks like we’ve swapped crooks and have a new mayor … but the great thing is, bless his heart, the final result looks like being decided by Harry Patel preferences. The man had a go, and will now have the honour of having made a difference. While it seems a ‘frying pan into… View full story »
Saturday, March 9th, 2024 |
There are darker things in Thompson’s past than just his previous juggling of surnames, unsuccessful business ventures and bankruptcy – these involve DV restraining orders, mental stability issues, and apparently bogus claims of his military ‘career’ . Why former mayoral candidate Fran O’Callaghan could and should still have a major effect on next Saturday’s council… View full story »
Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 |
There will be plenty of puns about the re-appearance of raw sewage in Wulguru backyards, but this is far from funny – this continuing council fail is a serious public health and safety issue, criminal in its negligence. So what went wrong with the promised plumbing fix? The Magpie has the likely answer. Mayor Mullet’s… View full story »