A shambolic week, from the PNG Solution (Gawd, if PNG is the solution, what could’ve possibly been the problem?) to discovering why an infuriated Townsville RSL ripped down Townsville Bulletin advertising at it's big race day at Cluden.

A Mooney-era chicken comes homes to roost, a chicken so big it would keep KFC supplied for a year, but the ratepayer’s won’t be laughing when they hear the details ….

… and neither were ratepayers in Port Melbourne, footing a $9000 bill for dog biscuits …

… also, Bob Katter’s hilarious ‘mind map’ for a new NQ state …

Plus a local magistrate reflects community sentiment in our fine array of Quotes of the Week, which also includes one of the funniest radio slip-ups in years - and Bentley reports on Masterchef PNG-style, all here in the nest at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au

Townsville to become a target for people smugglers? Seems a cert, when The Law of Unintended Consequences bite PM KRudd on his dopey new boat plan bum …. And The Magpie is proud to give his inaugural award of the Robbie Waterhouse Two Bob Each Way Golden Waffle Iron to a deserving Daily Astonisher journo.

Also, notes from The Coast – it seems bullying is a prerequisite for News Ltd editors … and Typo’s replacement at the Gold Coast Bulletin can’t even get that right - if you loved the legals from the Coast last week, and many did, here's another but different one for you …

…. Bentley has the inside goss on lighting up the ‘Ville’s Tony Ireland Stadium … we have quotes of the week … and one of the mesmerizingly weird pieces of TV news flummery you’ll ever see, with the funniest last line of the decade, all here in the nest at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au

Ever tried to read a broadsheet paper in a crowded train or bus? Not easy, but that will seem like a doddle when you discover what you face in the voting cubicle … you’ll be spoiled for choice in a way you don’t want.

The weird and wonderful world of political hopefuls ... and they're all real and they're registered ....

... PM KRudd still refuses purse his pink lips a la Alana Jones and name the date, ignoring that the delay is playing merry hell with business …

Bad news on that front here in the ‘Ville …

Quotable quotes of the week turn up some absolute pearlers …

… Bentley is hilariously all alather about pregnant woman taking Viagra and possible unforeseen side effects ... 

... it looks like the best ever hilarious TV hoax has been pulled off on US television during the week ... 
...and cover the kiddies eyes, folks, the Cut Snake Party’s campaign poster is enough to scare the bejesus out of you. All here in the nest at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au

Cheery smiles down at the Daily Astonisher, frowns at WIN TV as it continues its astonishing wrassle with written English … and joy and apprehension in Canberra ; KRudd goes overseas, then comes back!.

Also The Magpie comes to the aid of those state politicians so appalled at having to take massive pay rises …

… and the hard lesson of the Streisand Effect – trying to suppress something gives it wider publicity – is about to be visited on Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate.

… and sitting down on the job:  a great Nanny State Award proposing that blokes who sprinkle when they tinkle should do the ladylike thing  - all here in this week’s nest at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au