Troy Joseph Thompson (formerly Birnbrauer; born c. 1971) is an Australian politician formerly served as mayor of Townsville, a local government area in Queensland, Australia.
[2] Thompson was preselected as the One Nation candidate for Thuringowa at the 2020 Queensland state election, but was disendorsed because he did not disclose his legal name and directorship in a supply chain management company that went insolvent in 2017.
[9] The Bulletin also claimed Thompson has since blocked some newspaper staff and local community leaders from his official mayoral social media channels.
[9] In the interview with A Current Affair in May 2024, Thompson said he enlisted in the army in 1991 and served less than three years as a reservist, largely in the Catering Corps.
[7] Following election as mayor, during the A Current Affair television interview, Thompson admitted information on his LinkedIn profile was incorrect; that he did not have bachelor degrees in science and commerce from Griffith and Curtin universities.