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The 2nd National Small Town Reinvention Conference was held at Kapunda, South Australia, 22-25 September. The cartoons illustrated just some of the many moments and messages over four great days.

The conference was another Peter Kenyon of The Bank of Ideas event. Supported by many – in particular Tony Piccolo MP who brought the conference to Kapunda.

The 28 cartoons were auctioned on the last day, the money raised was donated to the painting of the Kapunda silo art project.

Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk once said, “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage.” He preferred the word ‘sympathy’. That is an insight.

At the moment, globally , empathy doesn’t rate highly.

Empathy isn’t to be trashed. It is a skill. It helps find that small piece of common ground between widely divergent stands, a starting point …

Australia’s biggest gas project, Woodside’s North West Shelf, has received final approval to extend operations through until 2070.

Illustrations created in collaboration with Parry Agius, Linking Futures, for Star Dreaming -holistic athlete development. The dark emu image is used in each picture. These graphics illustrate preparing indigenous players for the Australian Football League AFL – which involves much more than just the player…

Other sketch drawings…

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Louise Adler: The special envoy’s plan is the latest push to weaponise antisemitism in Australia, as a relentless campaign pays off.