The context of this cartoon was Abbott’s vociferous advocacy to all and sundry of his Asylum Seeker policy of “turning the boats” and towing boats back to Indonesia, where the policy is unpopular. In his talks with SBY, Abbott didn’t mention the policy, using the excuse that he was against megaphone diplomacy.
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Craig Thomson Fair Work Australia civil charges free fall cartoon 2012-10-16
Gillard fiery misogyny speech praised in US
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Tony Abbott surrounded by strong women says Margaret. Unpublished cartoon
Sadly the story for this cartoon dropped off page one, so I have uploaded this rough
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It’s not over
Electricity Bills
Bill Kelty on Super
Emperor has some clothes
A jacket made from chaff bags was bought at auction by Alan Jones at the young Liberals function where Jones made the outrageous comment. His Clayton’s apology was met with more anger.
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Milking Superannuation cow
This Business cartoon follows calls from Bill Kelty to the government to keep its hands of the super scheme. It is known Treasury has put to Wayne Swan how his budget deficit promise can be helped by raiding Australia’s acclaimed superannuation system.
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Budget black hole
The government is delusional when it says Mining employs few people. When the government employs teachers, environmentalists, artists and all the things we like and need, where does it get the money? A lot of it comes from mining.
Question: Is it humanly possible to go on doing cartoons about the budget surplus or deficit until April next year, or longer?
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Cartoonist arrested for sedition
This cartoon is not by me but is a work by Indian cartoonist and activist Aseem Trivedi. A few days ago he was arrested for sedition. I’m not sure which particular cartoon he was arrested for. The cartoon shown here is one of a string of cartoons by him attacking corruption in the Indian political system. Read more? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/11/india-sedition-laws-aseem-trivedi