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 »
Saturday, February 24th, 2024 |
Losing the plot seems to be in the Mooney genes, with Liam taking after Dad with a foot stamping profanity-laden performance for candid camera. But his boss, Jenny Hill, bless her comedic little heart, shows that she thinks rationalisation involves the bacon industry regulation. And that wasn’t her only merry quip of the week, making… View full story »
Sunday, February 18th, 2024 |
The ‘Pie casts a punter’s eye over at the front-runners and also-rans in this race for to be first to finish promised Townsville projects projects. Going Batty in Airlie … our old mate Phil has girded the Batty loins for electoral war, after exposing considerable WRC short comings, he’s now running for mayor. In the… View full story »
Saturday, February 10th, 2024 |
And what a hand-waving, eye-rolling festival of looniness it promises to be. A year with three elections cannot be otherwise, as we watch the council election next month have the hobbles again put on Townsville’s progress, at state level, Queensland will surely make a move towards hope and confidence, and from afar, we can but… View full story »
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 |
Political and local reality would strongly suggest it is, with Jenny Hill set up for another term even if a viable candidate popped up at the last minute. And that’s an outcome this city can ill afford. The Magpie prognosticates. Jenny the diplomat – her latest spray targeting the southern media seems more like a… View full story »
Sunday, January 28th, 2024 |
Bankrupt Peter Bega and some son Mathew are back on old stamping ground, seeking management rights to the Solarus block on Palmer Street, a project Peter’s company almost sank during construction. Residents ain’t happy … and The ‘Pie tells why … in detail. What Could Be More Aussie Than Flip Flops – Which Makes Albanese… View full story »
Saturday, January 20th, 2024 |
The Flinders Lane catastrophe is being partially demolished and maybe you can only guess what’s coming next … in fact, you’ll have to guess because according to a spokesman for the lane’s business partner Townsville Council (that’s you and me, folks), they haven’t a clue what is planned. Seems it’s the same sort of planning… View full story »
Saturday, January 13th, 2024 |
Jenny Hill must’ve soiled her dainties big time , and has threatened to lawyer up against her own Townsville ALP branch over accusations she publicly spoke against party policy. But hang on …. doesn’t Jenny Hill continually she is an ‘independent’ mayor? Th ‘Pie has the details of the blow-by-blow bitch slap between the gals…. View full story »
Saturday, January 6th, 2024 |
Despite the unsurprising and comprehensive slap-down of 2023, it seems out Prime Minister and cohorts have no intention of learning any lessons from a democratic referendum result … the yapping and whining is continuing from the usual suspects, but The Magpie has come across a document that might help close the yap. Although available to… View full story »