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OUT ON THE TOWNSVILLE

WHILE out on the town on a holiday in Townsville, one of Bushie’s spies met a North Queensland MP clearly a few beers in. After mentioning the reporter was from Darwin, the politician yelled “Darwin sucks”, complained about the NT’s humidity, before disappearing in a cloud of sweat and booze. All we can say is, those in glass houses … although, given Townsville’s reputation for MPs out on the town (cough) Les Walker (cough), our spy was lucky to walk away without it ending up in court.

THESAURUS.COM

WELL, the NT News has finally been exposed — we love a pub! A very observant reader has cottoned on to that fact and let us know what he really thinks. “Everything’s described as iconic by the NT News … it’s just a pub,” the reader commented. While we’d beg to differ and think anywhere that serves us cold ones is beautiful and unique, it might be time for Bushie to start handing out copies of thesauruses around the office.

INFANTILE HUMOUR

SPEAKING of dictionaries, several readers tried to stretch the definition of “baby” this week. The NT News these past few days began taking nominations for its latest edition of the Territory’s cutest babies and, as per usual, some entries were non-starters. Take, for instance, Narelle, who submitted her son, Luke (265 months old). We think that’s somewhat beyond the realm of toddler, but Narelle clocked up 25 Facebook likes, so that’s probably a win in her books. Bushie also understands another prankster submitted 25-year-old ABC Radio staffer Will Zwar to the competition, who almost qualified. The cutest baby competition will continue in earnest this week.

NOT A CHANCE

ON Monday, the Territory is unmasked, but does this mean our dear leader, Dr Hugh Heggie, is going to give up some of his extraordinary emergency powers? Not yet, according to his deputy, Dr Charles Pain. That poses the question: When will our rolling state of emergency, in place since March 2020, actually end?

A SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY

WITH the horrific pictures pouring out of Europe, it was good to see Parliament House in Darwin lit up in the colours of Ukraine this week.