Top story: Time-travelling, DeLorean-driving, former Beauty and the Geek contestant solves issue nobody cares about

Ando with his media-attracting radio frequency equipment

Ando with his media-attracting radio frequency equipment

It’s possibly too early to start tipping Walkley Award winners but Dr Mumbo will be stupefied if he doesn’t see at least one of the three outlets cover one of Brisbane’s biggest mysteries, nominated for Scoop of the Year.

Indeed Dr Mumbo wonders what it was in the story of the former Beauty and the Geek contestant Mike Ando uncovering a black spot in a Bunnings car park where electronic car keys just don’t work that proved most attractive to editors of the Seven Network, The Daily Mail and The Brisbane Times.

Perhaps it was the fact the ‘charismatic’ reality star described himself as a “professional time traveller” on the show or that he drives an actual DeLorean – as in the car from Back to the Future. Or was it just a slow news week?

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