
Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon – last for 2018.

Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon – last for 2018.

‘Possibilities of the humanitarian robot’ This week’s Pro Bono news Changemaker Lizzie o’Shea explores ‘the human influence on making technology, keeping people to account, and the democratic underpinnings of technology’.

Democracy Co launches its new training: Raising the Citizens’ Voice. ‘Trust is on the decline’, Democracy Co use ‘deliberative approaches to help governments and communities to reform together’.

Thursday’s Pro Bono news cartoon.


Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon. There’s a lot of word hijacking going on apparently, whatever that means…


Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon. The federal government has recently increased the participation requirements jobseekers must fulfil to continue their income support. In particular, this affects older jobseekers who now need to do more hours per fortnight PAID voluntary work. As a result they are cutting back on their (unpaid) volunteer hours – and searching for paid volunteer work – to meet the half paid/half unpaid requirement. In turn this significantly impacts charities and not-for-profits who rely on (unpaid) volunteers. Confused? For more about a getting-even-more-complex system see Welfare Changes Causing Anxiety for Jobseekers on the Pro Bono website.

NAPLAN (the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) are tests of basic skills administered to Australian students. NAPLAN data is used to rank each school’s performance against all other schools. This cartoon illustrates ‘The rating Game’ in the latest Australian Education Union Journal (South Australia Branch). Author Lara Golding argues that NAPLAN is ‘fatally flawed’.

Last week’s Pro Bono news cartoon: the Government announces a Royal Commission into aged care quality and safety.