Madonna King
Madonna King: What has Optus learnt about treating customers properly? Seemingly nothing
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has had a tough week. Indeed, it’s mirrored the same week she had immediately after millions of...
Madonna King: Why 80 has become the new 60
The longevity of the Beatles’ music is a phenomenon; the release of Now and Then a reminder of lyrics that still provide...
Madonna King: Imagine if every Australian woman went on strike. How would men cope?
Sometimes it’s worth considering stealing a page from someone else’s playbook. And Iceland this week should give every woman in Australia an...
Madonna King: War playing out on social media will damage our children
Across Australia this week, in public and private schools, educators asked parents to delete their children’s TikTok and other social media accounts....
Madonna King: We could live to 120 – but would it be worth doing so?
This week, only days after 104-year-old Dorothy Hoffner of Chicago became the world’s oldest skydiver, she died in her sleep; a peaceful...
Madonna King: Women left flat, as high heels are abandoned
RIP the high heel. The court shoe. The three-inch velvet heel. The killer boot. Gone. And replaced, it seems, with outrageously expensive...
Madonna King: The departure of Dan Andrews is a lesson in leaving
Leadership comes almost always with two exit doors. One is the front door, where the incumbent walks out at the time of...
Madonna King: Nothing stops TikTok from harming children
If your 11-year-old son was challenged to an ice-cream eating competition one afternoon after school, would he say ‘no’? What if he...
Madonna King: Confessions from inside the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge
My name is Madonna King and, for a decade or so, I was a member of the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge. Writing those...
Madonna King: Reputations years in the making, destroyed by one bad decision
What might Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales, former prime minister Scott Morrison and outgoing reserve bank governor Philip Lowe have in...