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25.01.2022 Labor's pre-election gift giving to Townsville goes on .... thanks, Harpic, O'Rort, Capt Cupcake. How much will this brain dead mayhem in Heatley Park overnight cost ratepayers/taxpayers to repair?

24.01.2022 Ummm, June 6? A Saturday? A public holiday? Three times in the story. You buggers at the Bulletin really don't care, do you? If you couldn't whistle, you wouldn't know which end to wipe.

22.01.2022 STROKE OF BRILLIANCE Aaron Harper Solves Townsville’s SOO Bed Shortage Problem Harper has called on his government to release all juveniles from Cleveland, so the facility can be used to house State of Origin visitors. ‘Let’s face it, we’re going to let them all go soon, on short term rotation, so why not let the city benefit’, Harper said. A Corrective Services spokesman opposed the idea as too expensive.... ‘Have you seen the amount of damage footy fans do, especially if their teams loses?’ he asked. #stateoforigin2021 #Stateoforigintownsville See more

21.01.2022 Just so I can be first: Love a good headline (The Magpie was first with Jabseeker):Phil Mickelson's win in this morning's PGA makes him the oldest player to win a major . The Old Man And The Tee.

19.01.2022 The hilarious but sad truth.

18.01.2022 A spokeswoman for Dr Jeanette Young makes a big announcement

17.01.2022 She's out! Coralee O'Rourke this morning announces she will not re-contest her Mundingburra seat, citing health issues. https://www.abc.net.au//coralee-o-rourke-wont-con/12632674

16.01.2022 Before we start our daily grind through the grim news of the day and the callous criminal behaviour of the world around us, here’s a little uplift, a massive vote for the enduring survival qualities of humanity against our own dark days of Mordor. https://www.theguardian.com//malala-yousafzai-joy-and-grat The ‘Pie was genuinely moved by this story, as he well remembers his impotent rage when Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Neanderthal Taliban gunman in 2014. Sh...e is now 22. Her crime: wanting education for girls and young women. Is she a future leader of Pakistan?

15.01.2022 BACK INTO YOUR CAVES, TROGLODYTES.

14.01.2022 It is so obvious four simple steps these three people could take to end Townsville’s main problems. Just four steps backwards.

13.01.2022 In relation to Sunday’s tragic accident, Scott Stewart promises ‘no stone will go unturned’ in the investigation. Come October, mate, you’ll find that ‘no turd will go unstoned.‘

12.01.2022 Maybe he'll ghet the message ifnit's put to music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMnytiQCQkA

11.01.2022 Cunning buggers, these orientals, and if true, it sure bloody worked.

11.01.2022 Christ, she's got a hide! You’re right, Premier, TODAY will be a great day to be in North Queensland, but thanks to you, the other 364 are a nightmare for many here and in Cairns. How about you and your three useless state members get your well padded arses off your complimentary Origin seats and do something about our out-of-control crime wave in Townsville and Cairns? That will go a long way to repair your damage to the region, and will reinstate North Queensland as a great to be in all year round.

10.01.2022 Footy fans should stage mass marches against the crowd ban, placards ‘Footy Fans Matter’ and ‘Footy Fans Vote Too’. 000 of footy fans are indigenous, as are many of the game’s greats, so, really, would Premier Twit and her sheep dog CHO allow one mass protest but ban another?

10.01.2022 NEWSFLASH: MEDICAL UPDATE MP AARON HARPER COMES OUT OF COMA, BUT HIS CONDITION REMAINS HIGHLY UNSTABLE. The others involved in the disaster which has severely injured Mr Harper - the people of of Townsville - remain critical.

10.01.2022 Given that the Townsville Bulletin is much given to detailing the number of job losses in various businesses around town, when can we expect to see what 'downsizing' has done to the staff of the paper?

10.01.2022 Uh oh! News Ltd to axe 500 across metro and regional papers. Key paragraph from the SMH paywalled story: News Corp is planning to centralise parts of its editorial and commercial functions, cut print production and restructure its regional newspaper business. The company consolidated its advertising teams over the last 12 months and recently announced plans to launch its own newswire service after it decided to pull out as a shareholder of Australian Associated Press.

09.01.2022 It is with sadness that I learnt this morning that my friend Michele Hyde died overnight, finally succumbing to cancer. It is comforting to know that her children were with at the end, they were everything to her. Michele was my neighbour for many years, and we had a warm friendship. She was well known, respected and liked as one of the top agents in the Townsville property industry. Michele proved she was a courageous woman who refused to buckle or whimper while battling one of the biggest scourges of modern life.

07.01.2022 Outrage in the USA: As the American death toll about to hit 100,000, Donald Trump hits the golf course. It has prompted the most powerful, most biting newspaper front page anywhere, ever.

07.01.2022 NEWSFLASH: Filipino consortium bids to buy the Broncos and relocate them to Filipino capital, where they will play under their new name, the Manila Folders.

07.01.2022 IT'S MESSAGEBANK FOR MUNDINGBURRA!! Les Walker given the nod to take over from Coralee O'Rort, beating off the challenge of nurse Simon Mitchell for the honour of losing on Oct 31.

05.01.2022 The Magpie's best bet of the week ... but be quick. Former Nous boss who designed the TCC staff clean-out WILL be the new TCC CEO. We will know this week, maybe even tomorrow, because Mayor Jenny Hill squired him along to a Townsville Chamber briefing last week, not something you do for someone who hasn't got the job . So The Magpie can hardly wait to see the welcome sign hastily being prepared by what staff are left after the Ralston-designed, Adele Young executed purge, sacking 600 of their colleagues.

05.01.2022 Elderly Gold Coast man jaw broken by angry cyclist after a mild verbal exchange. Cops want to talk to the grub, Courier Mail helps out, urges public to assist, publishes pic of man police want to talk to. Should be easy to spot with a face like that. Thanks, CM, big fuckin' help.

04.01.2022 The image on the right is an ‘IDOL’, you idle twit.

04.01.2022 HEADLINE OF THE DAY and a category mention in the Ironyman Awards', when you read who sponsors this right wing rag.

03.01.2022 One headline fitting two stories? Better one would've been 'Come One, Come All'.

03.01.2022 NEWS UPDATE: Mayor Mullet Furious With Cairns A fired-up mayor Jenny Hill says she always fight for Townsville, and says her city is a far better positioned to ensure the safety of this program. ... 'After all, we would be a much safer choice, everyone knows we have nothing that would tempt those in quarantine to sneak out of their hotels to look around, ' she said.

03.01.2022 Surely this comment send in to the Magpie blog cannot be true ... can it? Toby 0 approved [email protected] 59.167.214.26 ... Submitted on 2020/06/09 at 7:44 am | In reply to Cantankerous but happy. There is a lot anger about this within Council as Ralston is on this full-time at a cost of $20,000 a week ($500 hour) plus expenses and Chiodo will get $200,000 a year plus expenses as chair and will commute from Cairns where he now lives. See more

02.01.2022 At last!!! A good news story that makes Townsville seem like an interesting, fun place. It’s no biggy but what a welcome change to the usual grim reality splashed across the country about our city. Well, actually it is a biggy, and a big laugh. You can read about it in the Townsville Bulletin tomorrow (maybe) or read it today in The New Daily. https://thenewdaily.com.au//coronavirus-lockdown-giant-k/

02.01.2022 A Magpie's Nest reader comments: I read somewhere that Townsville only got the State of Origin match because of COVID. I just hope that in a few weeks I’m not reading that Townsville only got COVID because of the State of Origin match.