Donald TrumpThe Republican presidential candidate celebrates a week in which he has feuded with the parents of a dead solider, in which his own staff were reportedly suicidal, and in which he made paranoid claims the November election would be rigged.

Bernard FanningA man Jimmy Barnes thought was the Powderfinger frontman responds to a text message from Barnes congratulating him on his new album.

David Leyonhjelm The senator defends a cartoon published in The Australian, showing an Aboriginal man with a beer in one hand explaining to a police officer that he doesn’t know his son’s name. It’s less a knack for pointing out the obvious and more for just being a racist.

Malcolm RobertsThe second One Nation member to win a Queensland senate spot confirms that the party is an angry chain email come to life.

Malcolm TurnbullThe prime minister encourages banks to explain to borrowers why they did not pass on a rate cut this week. The answer, for those playing at home, is greed.

Cory BernardiThe “senator” questions the ABC’s decision to air its investigation into abuse at the Don Dale detention centre. Further questions mount around why Bernardi continues to characterise his “inhumanity” as “debate”.