Saturday, February 27th, 2021 |
Will the threatened Olympic Games hosting by Queensland (read Brisbane) take over from COVID as the go-to excuse for failed or cancelled regional infrastructure? Our kids, and their kids, will be paying for this self-preening populist mistake for decades. Whacky Weed Warning To Dope Smokers: don’t buy your grass from the Townsville Council – you’ll… View full story »
Sunday, February 21st, 2021 |
So now it’s come to this. And nothing like whipping up a faux patriotic fervour against a new ‘yellow peril’ in the form of starey cyborg Mark Zuckerberg. The man might be an ET without the lovability, but he’s not the real the villain, as The Magpie points out. That and the Canberra rape scandal… View full story »
Sunday, February 14th, 2021 |
Praise from peers is an inborn natural desire of those belonging to any group. For soldiers, a medal; for actors, a shiny statuette; for journalists, a Walkley Award; for lawless juvenile criminals in Townsville, an electronic monitoring ankle bracelets. It’s Goofocracy – Government By The Goofiest. Disney should sue. But while the government’s response to… View full story »
Sunday, February 7th, 2021 |
After this tragedy, all you can say is announcements are coming? COMING? They should’ve been here months ago, you’re more than a day late and a dollar short, Premier, you have blood on your hands. This innocent young woman dead, killed by frustrated vigilante action, all because you have refused to acknowledge the deep lawless… View full story »
Saturday, January 30th, 2021 |
Two police officers seriously injured, smashed cars and six indigenous children arrested after a car chase … and the member for Thuringowa’s response raises two questions: 1. Aaron, have you recently suffered a blunt-force head trauma? 2. Would you like to? The Magpie reports. On matters different but just as concerning in their own way,… View full story »
