Madonna King: The all-encompassing, never-finished challenges of motherhood If science managed to take the lid off a mother’s head, they’d find a code worth bottling, Madonna King writes. The New Daily · May 13, 2023
Madonna King: NAPLAN has become the great divider, instead of a useful diagnostic tool We are too busy tinkering with NAPLAN to focus on the underlying issues at the heart of our children’s wellbeing and development. The New Daily · Feb 23, 2023
Madonna King: More poor form that’s just not cricket it’s not the only celebrity scandal that has enveloped Michael Clarke, the captain of the Australian cricket team between 2011-15. The New Daily · Jan 19, 2023
Madonna King: While the Coalition ignores these cold, hard facts, it will not win back voters If Coalition strategists aren’t concerned about this issue, they have no hope of winning back voters next time round. The New Daily · Dec 8, 2022
Madonna King: Plain language can form a fairer democracy Plain language could help build better democracies - and wouldn't the world be better off if we just made it simpler, Madonna King writes. The New Daily · Nov 4, 2022
Madonna King: ‘Monetising misery’ – social media blamed for harming children But where is the responsibility on the part of social media giants when it comes to the deaths of children like Molly Russell. The New Daily · Oct 13, 2022
Madonna King: Open letter to Optus CEO as customers scramble to fix telco’s mistakes My problem is not so much the hack but with the way you continue to handle one of the biggest stuff-ups in my lifetime, Madonna King writes. The New Daily · Oct 6, 2022
Madonna King: Why is the Queen a notable exception? Do we get rid of her at all? There are many contenders. But here’s the rub. Whether you know who's on the note or not, we all know it’s not worth what it used to be. The New Daily · Sep 29, 2022
Madonna King: There’s irony aplenty in the abuse and vilification of Meghan Markle We tell young women to speak up, but when the American actor-turned-princess does, we howl her down, Madonna King writes. The New Daily · Sep 16, 2022
Billions lost as online and telephone scams hit vulnerable victims hardest Many of the victims of online and phone scams are those people least able to cop a further slap in the face, Madonna King writes. The New Daily · Sep 7, 2022
Madonna King: The reaction to a PM dancing shows why diversity is so absent in politics The saga around leaked videos of Finnish PM Sanna Marin partying goes to the heart of what we expect of our politicians and how we want them to act. The New Daily · Aug 28, 2022
Scott Morrison is reportedly hunting a new job. Madonna King imagines the process It's forward thinking for any former PM to consider a new career. Here Madonna King sits in on an interview between Scott Morrison and a recruiter. The New Daily · Jul 14, 2022
Madonna King: The future is bearing down on us fast. We need to plan for it Ensuing responsibility for the future should belong right at the top – and that means in the Cabinet Room, writes Madonna King. The New Daily · Jun 23, 2022
Madonna King: As you return home to Biloela, welcome to the rest of your life As the Nadesalingam family settle back into Biloela, meeting the PM and celebrating their daughter’s fifth birthday, Madonna King pens a letter to them. The New Daily · Jun 16, 2022
The New Daily · Jun 2, 2022 Madonna King: Our teens have felt the deepest impacts from three years of COVID-19 COVID-19 has stolen many of those adventures that helped us grow up as teens. And the impact is much bigger than you might think.
ABC News · May 31, 2022 Seven things our high-school daughters want us to know, and what you can do to help ATAR results, COVID fallout, friendships, identity, the future – these are just a handful of things teenage girls are worrying about. Here's how you can help them.
The New Daily · May 26, 2022 Madonna King: If Peter Dutton has a soft side, now is the time to show it Peter Dutton has made a name the hard head, the head-kicker, the Liberal warrior who has no interest in making friends on the other side of the chamber.
The New Daily · May 19, 2022 Madonna King: We deserve more from our leaders than a tussle between two brands of timid Whichever of our leaders takes the Treasury benches tomorrow night, they need to wake up on Sunday morning and abandon the small-target approach.
The New Daily · May 13, 2022 Madonna King: There’s a huge data deficit on the real cost of living with COVID After two years of COVID, we’ve become immune to both the pandemic and its inevitable consequences. But that is what will mark our lives going forward.
The New Daily · Mar 31, 2022 Madonna King: Honouring Shane Warne – a great cricketer, but an even better person Yes, he was a bogan. He smoked. He drank. He played a little cricket. And he had a knack of making people always feel better about themselves.
The New Daily · Mar 17, 2022 Madonna King: Image has always trumped substance, but it’s time we looked beyond it The PM's passive aggressive makeover sledge aimed at the ALP leader’s image revamp is nothing more than a bit of politics.
The New Daily · Mar 10, 2022 Madonna King: Yet more deaths from domestic violence should be shocking us into action Our failure in preventing domestic violence is a systemic problem, which our governments – state and federal – continue to ignore.
The New Daily · Mar 3, 2022 Madonna King: Everyday heroes leading by example in extraordinary circumstances We can call them John and Jane Doe; individuals whose names we’ve never heard, but whose actions this week deserve to be a living textbook on leadership.
The New Daily · Feb 24, 2022 Madonna King: Our obsession with celebrity can be diverting, and that’s not always a good thing A newsmaker now is a celebrity who can get six million likes on a sponsored post of a new handbag, or by pouting, or working out, without sweating.
The New Daily · Feb 17, 2022 Madonna King: COVID-19 is a numbers game when it comes to protecting lives Who decides now what’s old and what’s young? Why do we think it’s acceptable for a 65-year-old to die from COVID, but not a 45-year-old?