In the lead up to Christmas , the Weekend Australian announced that the Townsville Bulletin editor Jenny Cairney, who had recently won a News Corp award , would be moving to the Hobart Mercury , but did not name her replacement. Odd . You would think that this would be a logical bit of info. to include in the story to inform readers .
But then obvious questions you would expect to be asked and details which normally would be included in media reports are frequently not included.
With Christmas looming, the Bulletin ran a front page story on December 19 about the Townsville City Council denying a woman the right to decorate her daughter's grave , declaring it a cemetery stoush, the council acting like the Dr Seuss Grinch , stealing Christmas .
The associated poster went out across the circulation area , but this one is still on display at the entrance to a busy shopping centre on January 1. Mind you , it is not uncommon to see posters for The Australian, Courier Mail and the Bulletin linger longer than they should , like the ghosts of Christmases past , which indicates the scrambled eggs circulation department needs an overhaul.
Here is a news tip for the new editor . The cutting down of North Queensland's giant of sustainability , Billy Bombax , in the Anderson Botanic Gardens , missed by the entire Townsville media , is a great follow up story for you to stamp your investigative reporter style on the paper .
Here resteth the remains of BB
Here is a news tip for the new editor . The cutting down of North Queensland's giant of sustainability , Billy Bombax , in the Anderson Botanic Gardens , missed by the entire Townsville media , is a great follow up story for you to stamp your investigative reporter style on the paper .
Here resteth the remains of BB
Angles to chase up apart from the reason why he was chopped down are his close association with the Mundingburra school (what do they think about him being reduced to woodchips , were they recycled in anyway? ). And what does the boy who gave the tree its name feel about the sad demise of Billy Bombax ? What happened to the happy human face which was cut from his decaying trunk? The reason why other trees are dying and being chopped down in the Townsville region and on Magnetic Island could make an award winning feature article .
