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 »
