Laming slap-down gave us a glimpse of pre-election Turnbull; more please
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's slap down this week of MP Andrew Laming was spectacular; one of those moments you want to play over and over on your Facebook feed for fun.
That Thinking Feeling
Whim and a prayer: Why Ley's hopeful explanation failed
It's what happened after Sussan Ley snapped up a Main Beach pad on a taxpayer-funded trip that sealed her fate.
Would they cheer without the beer? For Bob Hawke, yes
At 87, Bob Hawke still happily sculls a glass for the crowd when they ask. Hence the cheer. But it would still be there without the beer.
The Turnbull government's assault on pensioners is a red alert for us all
Watch the fury of pensioners and their families influence the next poll.
Comment: Seven boss Tim Worner should show himself the door
Seven's CEO should do the right thing and show himself the door.
Trump is what happens when government fails us too often
In some ways it's refreshing. But in other ways, it's utterly frightening.
Springborg should consider Senate spot
Lawrence Springborg has become the faithful family Labrador of Queensland politics - universally liked and respected but not relied on by his masters to catch and kill a hearty dinner.
A visit to Trumperica to see the making of the great
In search for enlightenment, I've headed to Donald Trump's America, where the promise is that soon things will be made great again.
It's no f---ing wonder we're becoming so uncivilised
This week I made a terrible mistake. It was inadvertent, and aimed at being super-organised ahead of the school holidays.
A letter of our year 12 school leavers, ahead of schoolies week
Dr Seuss, in Oh, The Places You'll Go! might have had you in mind.
Twelve steps to redemption
Hello, my name is Madonna King, and I was wrong. I didn't believe, for one moment, that a narcissist as ignorant and vile as Donald Trump would be supported so strongly, across so many different voting groups.
Why the race to point the finger?
Why the race to attribute blame when something terrible unfolds?
Add theme parks to the list of things we no longer trust
We've lost our trust in so much but one thing will help earn it back.
Trump's lesson for every teen boy in Brisbane
Donald Trump is a dill. But his support for the sexual assault of women - because that's what he was doing in the 2005 video - is downright dangerous.
Hold on to your seats, Queensland, before One Nation takes them
We could blink, and wake up next year with One Nation forming part of a Queensland government.
We got wrongly billed but how could the groom not know?
Just imagine if you did what Liberal MP Steven Irons did. That is, you charged your customers, or clients, or patients $2000 to fly to your own wedding
Single-sex schools a 'waste of time', expert tells Australia
Broadside delivered by American education expert Professor Diane Halpern, who says her claim is based on analysis and reviews of 1.5 million students.
Health records at risk of slipping into Chinese hands
Dastyari's pickle also raises another issue that is becoming just as big in the minds of many voters - and that's the increasing spectre of Chinese involvement in Australia.
We should all wish happiness on Allison's kids
Sometimes, probably like many mothers, I think of leaving a note for my husband, in case I die.
When everything's sold off, will we need foreign aid?
We could soon effectively rely on foreign aid to run electricity.
Woman, 62, has a baby and everyone else has an opinion
On the face of it, and in theory, 62 might be a touch too old to give birth to a child; for that reason the questions being raised by the case of a Tasmanian woman and her 78-year-old partner is understandable.
Juvenile justice disgrace shows it's time to take back the Territory
It's an image that should stay with us forever. Here in Australia, where we have the best of everything, a child is strapped to a bare restraint chair.
Melania Trump's plagiarism proof of 'values'
Western politics is more divided and bitter than at just about any time in the past century – but in America at least it's united by one thing.
Perhaps it's time to leave Gordon Nuttall alone
Isn't it time we just left Gordon Nuttall alone?
Madonna King: Consider Pauline our payback
Queensland's message to Malcolm Turnbull last Saturday was simple: TURN off the BULL.
Plebiscite or perish? Taking the politics out of same-sex marriage
The same-sex marriage plebiscite, scheduled in the weeks after Malcolm Turnbull's likely victory on Saturday, will upstage any of the nastiness we've seen in recent politics.
We can't vote Rosie, but we get Pauline
Sometimes it takes an 11-year-old to nail it. "Why are the politicians saying bad things about the other side," my daughter asked yesterday, "and not saying what they would do".
Where have all the leaders gone?
If Howard returned, a friend says, he would walk into PM's office.
Big Four earning back our trust? Don't bank on it
A royal commission into our banks is needed for exactly the reasons the banks' bosses say it is not.
Madonna King: Yes, Donald Trump is barking mad
OK, Bill Shorten probably shouldn't have called Donald Trump barking mad.