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Reviewing the AUKUS submarine contract …

Cartoon ideas from the Adelaide session of the Independent Review of the AUKUS Submarine Contract. More at the Australian Peace and Security Forum.

Submarines….whatever….it’s the Base.

Community Health resuscitation …

‘Hello Simon–we probably talked 40 years ago when you designed the letterhead/Annual Report for Fitzroy Community Health Centre in Melbourne. I’m attaching an example of that excellent collaboration as a reminder.

I’m now involved in setting up ‘Friends of Community Health’ to resuscitate the community activism of those early times 🫤.

I’m also attaching our information sheet/hand out that needs some illustration/ lightening up.best regards, Terri Jackson (former Manager of FCHC)’

Making way …

More trees to go in the Adelaide Parklands … for the MotoGP …

Slurp ….

Mining giant BHP will continue to extract water from the Great Artesian Basin until at least 2036. Environmentalists and First Nations groups say a new agreement between the South Australian government and BHP…. does not do enough to end water extraction from the Great Artesian Basin.

BHP does not have a good environmental track record… here’s an example.

Children in War exhibition …

The International Cartoon Exhibition “Children in War 2” in Drøbak, Norway opened on June 13th.

“Children in War 2” is part of an international traveling exhibition. Organised and brought together by the dynamic Fadi Abou Hassan. Its first stop opened in Torhout, Belgium, on May 8, 2026, where it will remain on display until September 30. The Norwegian edition continues this humanitarian journey, presenting artists’ shared opposition to war and violence against children.

Here is my cartoon for the exhibition.:

Pacific Women Leaders’ voices …

The 2026 Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders Meeting, 3-5 June, Suva Fiji: ‘Current economic shocks and escalating security and social pressures – deepening poverty, reducing jobs and increasing vulnerability, impacts which fall hardest on women, youth, children and persons with disabilities’.

I attended the meeting remotely, through Zoom. Here are some of the cartoons from the three days of presentations.

Lotus eaters …

Guidance, from behind the curtain …

… and Paul Laris spells it out: ‘The greatest single cause of the recent rise of antisemitism in Australia is the behaviour of Israel, which the Australian Government has not condemned.’ See the full article here.

Tree telling …

The city of Adelaide is ringed by parklands. Laid out in its original design they were to be ‘a place for everyone’. However, particularly in recent years, they are being whittled away by encroaching developments. One indicator is the destruction of trees and habitat: 585 trees have just been felled for the redevelopment of the North Adelaide golf course, 400 trees will have gone for the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital (built on the parklands!) and about 45 trees will be removed for the MotoGP circuit ….

For much more on this, see the Adelaide Parklands Association website.

FLAME Festival ….

The FLAME Festival – 8-10 May this year – is a biennial community event in Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta, the three historic Copper Coast towns, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. here are some cartoon sketches from the weekend.

Friday: as the sun set on Wallaroo Beach the Nharangga Dreaming Story Winda The Owl was told by local students with song, dance, lanterns and large glowing puppets.

Saturday at the Kadina Showgrounds …

Sunday at Queens Square, Moonta …