On 27 October 2016, The Morning Bulletin made national news headlines when it depicted Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a clown, with an accompanying headline which read: "Stop Clowning Around Malcolm: It's time you got serious about giving CQ a Fair Go".
On October 27, 2016, The Morning Bulletin published an article depicting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a clown with a headline that urged him to be more serious in his approach to issues related to CQ.