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Hey Rupert…

The Winter 2012 Edition of Australian Options (in newsagents now!) has an article  ‘The real politics of Rupert Murdoch’  by David McKnight, author of the book Rupert Murdoch: an Investigation of Political Power.

The article argues that, although saying he simply runs his newspapers as profit making businesses, Rupert Murdoch has a deeper interest in political influence, and uses free market populism to sway debate on important issues.

These are the cartoons that illustrated the article (the article will explain just what they are referring to, but I hope they can stand alone).

Bold New World!

 

This is the cartoon in the current edition of New Internationalist.

 

If you don’t subscribe, buy a copy and check it out. To find out more and follow their blog, visit the website here.

 

And there is the Australian New Internationalist page, shop and blog here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheep without wool

Cleanskin sheep are ideal easy-care meat sheep for new farmers.  A new website provides basic information about keeping these wool-less breeds of sheep. To visit Cleanskin Sheep Information click here.

In a world where, although it appears economical to jet Canadian pork around the world to Australia, for example, there is a growing movement for promoting – and celebrating – local produce; the sharing of this sort of information is valuable.

And it is about all food, not only meat, of course.

The website also gives an opportunity for cartoons to help highlight some of the issues – and give sheep a voice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing?

The Australian Government plans to introduce an income management card – called the Basics Card – to a number of low-income areas. The intervention in the Northern Territory in 2007  included income management  imposed on Aboriginal communities. Income management quarantines a proportion of welfare recipients’ benefits, through a card, which can only be spent on essentials.

This cartoon illustrates some of the concerns about the scheme, as presented in an article on the Pro Bono website news page. To read the article click here.

Secrets of cartooning: it’s easier to draw than do….

The June New Internationalist is out now. Buy it. Here is this month’s Scratchy Lines cartoon:

 

Cost of living…

A poll of  over 1700 clients by The Salvation Army showed that more than half  have gone without meals to pay for other basic necessities.  This is in Australia, a wealthy country…

2012 Australian Federal Budget

This is my cartoon comment on the 2012 Federal Budget, published on the Pro Bono website. To go to the website page, click here.

The look of the cartoon is a bit different as it is my first serious attempt at drawing on an iPad, with finger and stylus. I was away from my office, computer, scanner etc this week – so it was a good test.

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Euro saved?

The Scratchy Lines cartoon from the April New Internationalist

Alien Rescue!

Water on the Moon!   Water on Mars!   Earth-like planets out there!

As this planet fails to meet our expectations some of us seem to be comforted by the idea that we could ‘trade up’, move on to something a little better.

I don’t think they intend taking all of us with them of course.

The cheaper option is to find some alien life out there that in some way could rescue us … from ourselves.

Here is the current New Internationalist cartoon:

 

 

More roughs…

Some more rough drafts from the ‘not chosen’ folder – before their issues become old history (if only!).