As designed by William Light Adelaide was a city surrounded by wide parklands – parklands for all. Over many years they have been encroached upon by various developments, and this has ramped up under the Malinauskas government, encouraged by various influential groups, developers, lobbyists and more – as detailed by the Adelaide Parklands Association.
… so much for social cohesion, as Albanese hoped.
Isaac Herzog says the photograph of him signing a bomb in 2023 was taken out of context ….
Adelaide’s Writers’ Week has been cancelled after political and lobby group pressure. More than 180 authors have pulled out. Director Louise Adler has resigned accusing government and lobby groups of censorship. The event is a great loss.
The word ‘woke’ has been demeaned, disparaged and weaponized. Its original meaning needs reclaiming.
The Australian government’s social media ban for under 16 year olds began this week.
Cover illustration for the South Australian Council of Social Service SACOSS annual report. The community sector is at a crossroads…
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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 …
Simon Kneebone - cartoonist and illustrator 