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Keep up the good work ….

May 11, 2022 – 4:19 pm
Posted in Australian politics, economics, election, Political cartoons, social issues
Tagged cartoon, economics, inflation, low wages, political, social issues
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Selective provocacy …

April 29, 2022 – 5:12 pm
Posted in Australian politics, Charities, democracy, election, not for profit, social issues
Tagged advocacy, cartoon, Charities and NFPs, federal election, political, social issues
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This week’s Pro Bono news cartoon. Last year’s amendments to the federal government’s political campaigners bill restricts the advocacy role of charities and not-for-profits, the ‘requirements are onerous and stifle the voices of community groups’ (read more here). It appeared to be a double standard when the CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria appeared in election campaign material for the federal treasurer, below (and read here).

All up in the air …

April 14, 2022 – 12:55 pm
Posted in Australian politics, Charities, election, future, not for profit, social issues
Tagged cartoon, Charities, election, future, not for profit, political, promises, social issues
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Election craziness is go … Today’s Pro Bono News cartoon.

All in the same canoe …

April 11, 2022 – 5:19 pm
Posted in climate change, economics, Environment, global issues, Health, human rights, social issues, world events
Tagged cartoon, climate action, conference cartoons, covid-19, debt, environment, Pacific Region
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I was cartoonist at the Pacific Regional Debt Conference, April 5-8th: ‘The debt and fiscal sustainability challenges of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) have been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, severely reducing government revenues to finance increased government expenditures.’

Some cartoons from days 1 & 2:

… and from days 3 & 4:

Economic melting moment …

March 30, 2022 – 2:44 pm
Posted in Australian Budget, Australian politics, economics, social issues
Tagged Australian Budget, Budget 2022, cartoon, economics, social issues
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Cartoon for today’s Pro Bono News special 2022 Budget edition. Pro Bono News is the number one news outlet for Australia’s social economy.

Budget basement …

March 30, 2022 – 11:19 am
Posted in Australian Budget, Australian politics, economics, Environment, social issues
Tagged Australian Budget, Budget 2022, cartoon, political, social issues
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Even LESS carelessness …

March 18, 2022 – 11:56 am
Posted in Australian politics, childhood, climate change, Environment, human rights, social issues
Tagged cartoon, climate change, duty of care, environment, social issues, Sussan Ley
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‘Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has successfully argued she does not have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.’

Cracks and glue …

March 17, 2022 – 11:14 am
Posted in Australian politics, Charities, economics, not for profit, poverty, social issues
Tagged cartoon, economics, political, poverty, social issues
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Charities holding the place together, and even they will be struggling …. Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon.

Dissecting, digesting and disseminating data

February 24, 2022 – 4:11 pm
Posted in communication, community issues, culture, Information, local government, social issues
Tagged cartoon, data, demographics, forecasting, social issues
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Preparing for the Census 2021 data release. .id informed decisions are demographers who ‘have deep expertise in demographics, economics, housing and population forecasting.’ See their blog posts for many more insights.

Who would have thought …

February 17, 2022 – 2:14 pm
Posted in community issues, global issues, human rights, poverty, social issues, unemployment issues
Tagged cartoon, human rights, modern slavery, poverty, social issues
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Australian companies are failing to comply with modern slavery laws, “When you speak to a glove worker in Malaysia forced to work around the clock to make PPE for the COVID crisis, or a migrant worker on an Australian farm working in terrible conditions, it brings home just how much more needs to be done,” Freya Dinshaw, a lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre. Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon.

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