Sunday, May 31st, 2020 |
The News Ltd debacle … and make no mistake, it is nothing less … could be a paradigm shift in how we see the role of a community news outlet. The mass sackings and print closures could actually be one of the reset buttons that the pandemic has forced us to think about. The Magpie… View full story »
Sunday, May 24th, 2020 |
From corona clusters to clusterfucks: Queensland sinks under bumbling bureaucracy and the politics of mistaken opportunity, as Anna Palaszczuk stumbles through a thorny thicket of political opportunism. And leaves Townsville hanging out dry … and cry. We count the ways. A court ruling has given Mayor Jenny Hill a temporary reprieve from the embarrassment… View full story »
Sunday, May 17th, 2020 |
A new owner for the Townsville Bulletin now seems inevitable, as the Holt Street counting house goes all postal over massive losses? But The Magpie cautions t be careful what you pray for, your prayers may be answered. He warns that a change of ownership might be filed under, Frying Pan, Fire Into, Dept of:…. View full story »
Sunday, May 10th, 2020 |
Is the Haughton pipeline project unraveling as one of the great political hoaxes ever pranked on us? Our mayor needs to be transparent about this, but so far, she is MIA in a looming tale of political mismanagement. The Astonisher circles the drain … another disastrous set of figures – with no expected COVID-19 bump… View full story »
Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 |
One wonders if Scott Morrison’s favourite old TV show is Father Knows Best. Maybe that’s why, when rebuffed by both the general community and his own colleagues in making the COVIDsafe app compulsory, he has resorted to a demeaning parental ploy of crude coercion. It is basically social blackmail by a rampant authoritarian. The Magpie… View full story »
