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Pfizzzzzz…….

September 10, 2021 – 6:13 pm
Posted in Australian politics, Health, Political cartoons, social issues
Tagged cartoon, COVID-29, hindsight, Scott Morrison, vaccine rollout
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Spinning out of control…https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/09/10/pfizer-forget-hindsight-heroes-deal-foresight-failure/

Future shareholders, zoom, zoom …

September 2, 2021 – 1:05 pm
Posted in climate change, community issues, democracy, Environment, future, social issues
Tagged cartoon, climate change, environment, fossil fuels, future, shareholders
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‘18-year-old Ashjayeen Sharif is an arts student, a climate activist and now a contender for a seat on the board of AGL, Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter.‘ He is preparing to address AGL’s annual general meeting (AGM) next month. Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon.

… FREEDOOM!

August 24, 2021 – 8:50 pm
Posted in Australian politics, community issues, culture, Political cartoons, social issues
Tagged cartoon, covid deniers, COVID-29, do your own research, Freedom, lockdowns, mainstream science
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Roofless …

August 5, 2021 – 2:36 pm
Posted in community issues, Homelessness, Political cartoons, poverty, social issues
Tagged cartoon, Homelessness, housing, social housing, social issues
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This week is Homelessness Week. While government spending cuts to housing and homelessness over the past decade are set to exceed $1 billion, new data shows that private rentals and houses are more unaffordable than ever. Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon.

What Next?! …

August 3, 2021 – 12:06 pm
Posted in Australian politics, community issues, Health, Political cartoons, social issues
Tagged 4 point plan, cartoon, Covid 19, Delta, Epsilon, Scott Morrison, vaccine rollout
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… Epsilon ….

It’s the job …

July 22, 2021 – 10:59 am
Posted in Charities, community issues, human rights, not for profit, Political cartoons, social issues
Tagged activism v advocacy, cartoon, Charities, government crackdown, not for profits
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Liberal senator speaks out against government crackdown on charities – this week’s Pro Bono news cartoon.

Healthy disruption …

July 21, 2021 – 9:48 pm
Posted in community issues, Education, Health, Information, social issues
Tagged cartoon commentary, education, Public Health, Teaching and Learning
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Cartoon commentary at the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia, CAPHIA, Teaching and Learning Forum: Public Health education in a Time of Disruption, 15 & 16 July.

Some of the day one cartoons…

Some of the second day’s cartoons …

Robo-psyched?

July 12, 2021 – 11:52 am
Posted in comic page, communication, community issues, Information, media, Psychology, social issues
Tagged AI threat, comic, psychologist profession, Psychology
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Machines can do most of a psychologist’s job. The industry must prepare for disruption. There are 39,000 registered psychologists working in Australia and there are 122,000 members of the American Psychological Association. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence how many will have full employment within the next decade?

University of South Australia Adjunct Professor Mike Innes developed the original concept for this comic. Together with Macquarie University Senior Lecturer, Organisational Psychology, Ben Morrison, they have been alerting psychologists, students and anyone considering psychology as a career, to the impact AI is going to have on the profession.

Many years ago Mike Innes was my honours supervisor. Working with him on this project has been wonderful fun!

In plain sight …

July 9, 2021 – 5:59 pm
Posted in Australian politics, human rights, indigenous issues, not for profit, social issues
Tagged cartoon, Charities and NFPs, equality, indigenous Australians, NAIDOC week, representation
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This week’s Pro Bono news cartoon. For more, read Only through inclusion can you make the most out of workforce diversity.

Know your world …

July 2, 2021 – 3:15 pm
Posted in communication, community issues, Education, illustration, social issues
Tagged cartoon, educational resources, illustration, social issues
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Independence Educational Publishers UK publish Issues, a series of resource books, now containing over 70 titles, covering a variety of subjects, used primarily by librarians and teachers to help their students gain a better understanding of the world around them and the issues which affect their lives. Read more here.

Just published Issues: