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2009-362 26June09
Distances to water and urban developments.
Look at spreading urban developments and the lack of water to supply
these developments.
2009-357 25June09
Monitoring the Chaser show.
ABC management's crack down on the Chaser comedy
show in the wake of the Chaser's make a realistic wish skit.
2009-355 24June09 The
easiest job in the world.
The Victorian Government's removal of the right of appeal
some major projects in order to fast track these projects.
2009-335 16June09
Gangster's headstone.
Musings on gangsters and death in light of the latest slaying of a crime
boss identity in Melbourne.
2009-322 9June09 Indian
student catching public transport.
Racist attacks on Indian students in Australia.
2009-289 25April09 No
staggering anytime.
Local council perspective on the problem of binge drinking.
2009-314 5June09 Swine
flu shock and horror.
Swine flu not nearly as virulent as first
thought.
2009-300 1June09
Effluenza pandemic.
Comparing environmental degradation to the
swine flu pandemic.
2009-297 29May Enrolling at an Australian university.
Rise in racist attacks on Indian students.
2009-266 14May09 Welfare
net today.
Aussie welfare net under sever strain due to the recession.
2009-293 27May09 The
committee to prevent the spread of swine flu.
Swine flu defying all efforts to prevent it's spread.
2009-290P 25May09 Common
chain smoker.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on
levels of smoking in the community.
2009-288 25May09 Student youth allowance.
Planned tighter eligibility requirements for the youth allowance.
2009-286 22May09 I've
been everywhere man.
The spread of swine flu expressed via the Song I've Been Everywhere.
2009-275 18May09 Rolling out the retirement age red carpet.
Extension of the retirement age may mean people will be too old to enjoy
their retirement.
2009-264 13May09
Have to work longer.
The increase in the Retirement age viewed through the
eyes of the unemployed.
2009-262 12May09
Alcohol advertising.
widespread advertising of alcohol increasing the incidences of binge
drinking.
2009-234
29April09 Binge drinker limit.
Negative social effects of binge drinking.
2009-214 21April
Reaction to the recession word.
Reaction to the use of the recession word by the Prime
minister
2009-211 20April09
SIEV 36 fire reaction.
Exploring Australia's reaction to the fire on
the refugee boat SIEV 36.
2009-206 17April09
The tip of the iceberg.
Refugees a symptom of a much deeper malaise.
2009-201 15April09
I've been to Bali and Bangkok.
Bangkok riots seen through the eyes of kitsch holiday
shirts often work by Australian tourists.
2009-195 9April09
Growing youth unemployment.
Rapidly rising youth unemployment in the wake of the
recession.
2009-176 31Mar09
Bikie map of Australia.
High level of bikie violence in Australia.
2009-166P 26Mar09
Ringside seat.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the
prevalence of domestic violence.
2009-158 23Mar09 Club
Bikie.
Running fight between rival bikie gangs at Sydney
Airport.
2009-145 16Mar09
Good Friday each way bet.
Protests over Tabcorp's decision to open their
betting shops on Good Friday.
2009-119 3Mar09
Modern Waltzing Matilda.
Contemporary twist to the traditional
Australian ballad Waltzing Matilda.
2009-101P 25Feb09
Not qualified to shoot.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on some Australian
soldiers being forced to
repay allowances they were given because they were not qualified to
receive them.
2009-076P 13Feb09
Sydney Opera House shark.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on two
shark attacks in Sydney harbour in as many days.
2009-019 20Jan09 High TER score.
High cost of university.
2009-015 17Jan09
Counting calories.
Esoteric look at Govt. plans to require food
sellers to display a calorie count of each dish that they serve.
2008-699 5Dec08
Christmas with plenty of laughs.
2008 Aussie Christmas greeting.
2008-729 22Dec08
Christmas without Santa.
The reopening of Christmas Island as a
detention centre.
2008-726 18Dec08
Making a big difference.
Questioning look at the benefits of Kevin
Rudd's $1,000 Christmas bonus.
2008-694 4Dec08
Increasing numbers.
Population increase and environmental
degradation due to lack of water.
2008-683 27Nov08
Aussie stockmen.
Using the movie Australia to contrast the
historical differences between Aussie males.
2008-672P 24Nov08 Debt
vacuum.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on
Rudd's
$1,000 Christmas bonus to families with children.
2008-644P 10Nov08
Belt up or belt down.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the
dangers of not wearing seatbelts.
2008-613 21Oct08
Muck up day and year.
Rye look at the criticism of muck up day
(final day of school for
VCE students when they celebrate with pranks and high jinx).
2008-593 14Oct08
Even lower stocks.
Contrasting the plight of shareholders with
that of pensioners.
2008-584 2Oct08
Paid maternity leave.
On announcement of paid maternity leave for
Australian workers.
2008-579P 29Sept08
Parental leave in Australia.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on plans
to offer parental leave.
2008-572 26Sept08
The "all you can" culture.
Society's tendency towards over eating and
excessive borrowing.
2008-564
24Sept08 Catholic hospital optometry
services.
Australian Catholic hospitals refusing to offer abortions
or refer
women who want an abortion to other abortion service providers.
2008-543 15Sept08
Travelling on the economic highway.
Pensioners' standard of living being eroded by
higher
inflation and lack of proper indexing of the pension.
2008-538P 11Septo8
Grim Reaper cigarettes.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the number of
deaths caused by smoking.
2008-525 5Sept08
Children and work juggling.
Illustrative cartoon that went with article on
childcare and the pressures of modern living.
2008-524 4Sept08
Carbon emissions tax exemptions.
Lobbying by interest groups to have parts of the
economy exempt from the carbon emissions tax.
2008-514P 1Sept08
Your sacrifice was almost priceless.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP article
about the Government
planning to charge Long Tan veterans for their medal ribbons.
2008-503 28Aug08
Performance assessments of schools applied to a Circus.
The Government's plan to publish performance
assessments of Australian schools.
2008-478 19thAug08
Speed sign.
Practise by many Australians of marking points
where their loved ones
have been killed in car crashes with commemorative crosses and flowers.
Many of the victims would have died due to speed.
2008-431 29July08
Aged car service.
Allegorical cartoon drawn in response to a
spate
of neglect cases in Australian aged care homes,
2008-421 14July08
Generation Y steps.
Australia's Generation Y staying home longer than the
Baby Boomers did.
2008-398 15July08
Like looking a crosses.
The powerful sexual drive of young people and
World Youth Day.
2008-363P 1July08
Giving police more powers.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP story about
police getting extra
arrest powers for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day in Sydney.
2008-357 1July08
Child protection safety net.
Recent failures by child protection
authorities to protect children at risk.
2008-343P 23June08
Australian scales.
Pocket cartoon that went with article about
the obesity epidemic in Australia.
2008-317 12June08
The piercing look.
Body piercing by teenagers and the generation
gap.
2008-310
6June08 Tony Mokbel's
escape.
Tony Mokbel's daring escape from Australia in 2006 and
his celebrated
toupee that he was wearing when he was caught in Greece.
2008-311P 6June08
The weapon of choice for Christine Nixon and Paul Mullett.
The introduction of automatic pistols to the
Victoria police and the animosity
between police commissioner Christine Nixon and police union president Paul Mullett.
2008-306 5June08
Save the over consumption wallies.
The environment and over consumption.
2008-297 2June08
The lost tribe's first contact with civilization.
Alleged discovery of a lost tribe in the Amazon and
censorship of art.
2008-293 30May08
When art was strictly censored.
A look at art and censorship in general.
2008-289 29May08
Hoon burnout in a post oil world.
Looking at the looming world oil shortage
through the eyes of hoons
2008-281P 26May08
Nazi memorabilia that's never been for sale.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on protest over
Nazi memorabilia being sold at a Victorian market.
2008-279 26May08
Photo of a nude child.
Series of photographs by the photographer Bill Henson
depicting nude
pubescent girls have been confiscated and banned by the NSW
police.
2008-275 23May08
The law and order arms race.
Speculating that calls for Victorian police to be armed
with automatic pistols instead
of old style revolvers may simply be another step in an arms race that
police can't win.
2008-267 20May08
Technological edge over a criminal.
Debate over whether the service revolvers
carried by
Victoria's police should be replaced with automatic pistols.
2008-260 16May08 Drug
dealer's sales pitch.
Raising of the tax on alcopop drinks by the
Government in an attempt to stop teenagers
drinking them. This has the potential to make illegal drugs seem
more affordable and palatable.
2008-254P
15May08 Heavy taxation.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the increased
tax on alcopops
- sweet alcoholic drinks that are popular amongst younger people.
2008-252 15May08
Have to put the
plasma TV on lay-by.
The Australian Government's Baby Bonus to be paid in
instalments instead of a lump sum.
It's widely believed that many people were using the money to buy luxury
goods such as
plasma TVs instead of on their babies.
2008-250 13May08
Ordinary people discuss the Federal budget.
Ordinary person's view of the bringing down of
the Australian Federal budget.
2008-249P 12May08
And 100% of pregnant looking men drink.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article that claimed
a high percentage of pregnant women drink alcohol.
2008-226P 2May08
The right to divorce.
Campaign by Australian gays for the right to marry
and
the high diverse rate amongst heterosexual couples.
2008-209P
24April08 Terrible odds, not so terrible
odds.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on ANZAC
Day commemorations.
2008-202 22April08
Support for a Republic.
Talk of a Republic in Australia and Prince Charles still
waiting to become King.
2008-197 21April08
The Dog on the Tuckerbox today.
Drought in Australia and the drift from the country to
the city.
2008-190 18April08
The economy still growing rapidly.
The faltering economy and rising levels of
obesity.
2008-189P 17April08 I'm
very rich!
Pocket cartoon that went with an article about
Australians becoming richer.
2008-171 10April08
The 2020 Summits.
Using the 2020 Summit to highlight the economic
hardship being experienced by many families.
2008-176 14April08
Socially responsible poker machine.
The destructive power of poker machines on the
social fabric.
2008-174 11April08
Pokies spot the difference cartoon.
The Victorian Government's breaking of the duopoly on
poker
machine licenses will not alleviate the plight of gambling addicts.
2008-173P 10April08
The highest poker machine
bidder.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article about the
Victorian Government
allowing clubs and hotels to directly bid for poker machines.
2008-130 18Mar08
The impact of the Baby Bonus.
People spending the Baby Bonus on luxury items such as
plasma TVs.
2008-113 7Mar08
2020 Summit vision.
Few females in key positions at the forthcoming
2020 Summit.
2008-111 6Mar08
The limit of tolerance
in Australia.
Looking at religious tolerance through the age
old Aussie practice of abusing the umpire.
2008-098 1Mar08
Modern horror story.
Housing affordability plummeting to a point that most
young people can't afford to buy a home.
2008-096P 28Feb08
Preparing for action in Iraq.
Went with article on Australian soldiers being sued by an
Iraqi family for wounding them.
2008-088P 26Feb08
2020 Summit.
Complaints that only one of Co-Chairs
of the 2020 Summit is female.
2008-057 14Feb08
Valentine's Day this year.
The Sorry Ceremony coinciding with Valentine's
Day
2008-049 13Feb08
Saying sorry to blacks.
Using the Sorry Ceremony to the Australian
Aboriginal
community to highlight the deaths of innocent civilians in Iraq.
2008-042P 07Feb07
Kokoda trail mine.
Went with an article on protest by local villagers
wanting
the opening of a copper mine next to the Kokoda trail.
2008-028 1Feb08
If David Hicks sells his story.
Speculation that David Hicks, the Australian who was incarcerated in
Guantanamo Bay prison is about to sell his story for a large amount of
money.
2008-005 22Jan08
Why they need to dredge Port Phillip bay.
The Port Phillip Bay dredging
controversy and Australia's high level of imports.
2007-692 Aussie
spirit of Christmas.
Have a great Christmas, Hanukkah and Eid-al-Adha.
2007-737 29Nov07
Modern fairytale.
The high cost of housing.
2007-718 22Nov07
Aussie desert island castaway.
Voter fatigue with the Australian Federal
election campaign.
2007-707 16Nov07tense
Time of the year again.
Police apprehension over Schoolies Week.
2007-704 15Nov07
Applying the current level of violence in children's
television to Play School.
Complaints that the level of violence depicted in
children's' television is way too high.
2007-696 9Nov07
When it's definitely time to give up gambling.
Negative impact of gambling.
2007-694
8Nov07 Drug pushers
today.
The recall of the children's craft bead toy
called Bindeez due
to the drug like toxic reaction to the beads if swallowed.
2007-689 5Nov07
Generation Rent.
Speculating that the generation that comes
after
generation Y will be known as the Rent generation.
2007-691P 5Nov07
First home buyer today.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on housing affordability.
2007-679 1Nov07
Australian culture Dog on the Tuckerbox.
The American Halloween celebration creeping into
Australian culture.
2007-633 11Oct07
Back to teaching Australian history the traditional way.
Prime Minister Howard's plan to implement a more
traditional Australian History syllabus for schools.
2007-596 19Sept07
Uranium for medical purposes.
Assurances by Russia that uranium sold to them
by
Australia will only be used for medical purposes.
2007-587 14Sept07
Victorian police line-up.
Alleged links between serving Victorian police and
organised crime.
2007-542 28Aug07
Reaction to the horse flu outbreak.
Sideways look at the effects of gambling on
family life.
2007-511 15Aug07
Outback Punch and Judy show.
Endemic violence in the Aboriginal community.
2007-508 14Aug07
Horror today.
Panic over a particularly virulent strain of flu this
year.
2007-491 7Aug07
Aboriginal Dreamtime today.
Legislation that will take control of Aboriginal land from
Aboriginals.
2007-486
3Aug07 The generation gap today.
The rising level of obesity in the younger generation.
2007-485 2Aug07
Modern scales of justice.
How the media is used to distort and manipulate cases
before the courts.
2007-479 31July07
Another suspicious person.
A look at the handling of the Mohamed Haneef case
by the Federal Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews.
2007-458 20July2007
Australian convicts.
A housing shortage in Australia is having a
crippling
effect on renters and people with mortgages.
2007-446 17July07
Letting Mohamed Haneef out on bail.
Terrorist suspect Mohamed Haneef detained in an
immigration detention
centre by the Federal Government after he was released on bail by the
court.
2007-438 11July07
Traditional quarter acre block in the future.
Urbanisation of Australia spelling the end of the
traditional quarter acre block.
2007-434 10July07
Housing affordability.
Owning your own home becoming increasingly more difficult
for the younger generations.
2007-417 3July07
Removing aboriginal children from harm.
The removal of Aboriginal control of Aboriginal
land is a key
plank in the Federal Government's aboriginal welfare reform.
2007-406 28June07 Mr.
average citizen.
OK, so it's a sicko cartoon. It's a quirky
look at the latest Australian census
figures which show that the average Australian family has 1.8 children.
2007-395 25June07
Black and white TV.
Pornography and violence in aboriginal
communities.
2007-394 22June07
Targeting aborigines.
Sudden up swell of righteous indignation over
the level of child
abuse and the general poor state of aboriginal communities.
2007-390 22June07
Stand on your own two feet.
The plight of Australian aboriginals.
2007-389 21June07
Performance pay for teachers.
Performance pay for teachers applied to
politicians.
2007-343 1June07
Die Hard 5.
The total ban on smoking in Victorian hotels.
2007-357P 8June07
Valuable Australian Monopoly property.
Using the launch of the Australian version of Monopoly
to highlight the the long term drought in Australia.
2007-338 31May07
White Australia's relationship with
indigenous Australia.
A bleak look at white Australia attitudes
towards
indigenous Australians over the last fifty years.
2007-299P 16May07
The very high court.
Allegations by a Melbourne lawyer that many
lawyers use drugs.
2007-285 10May07
Tertiary education today.
Extra funds for tertiary education at the same time as the
cap
on the number of full fee places for students was removed.
2007-296 14May07 How could
she!
The Daily Telegraph in Sydney criticised for it's
sensational
headline about a mother who abandoned her newborn baby.
2007-264 2May07
Government pregnancy counselling options.
Concerns that the Federal Government's new
pregnancy counselling
service may be biased against women seeking an abortion.
2007-231P 19April07
Don't covet my neighbour.
Went with AAP article on a survey result showing
that almost
one in four Australians don't want homosexuals as neighbours.
2007-221 16April07 Sunrise
program sunrise.
Channel Seven's Sunrise program planned to stage
a pre dawn Anzac service
at Long Tan in Vietnam to coincide with the broadcast of their program.
2007-190P 27Mar07 How does
Hicks plead?
Went with article on David Hicks' guilty plea.
2007-187 27Mar07
Burnley tunnel speed limit sign.
The recent serious accident in the Burnley tunnel
in Melbourne has
sparked debate about what is the safe speed
limit for the tunnel.
2007-178 22Mar07
Broadband that is already widespread.
Using the current internet broadband debate as a
springboard to the problem of increasing levels of obesity.
2007-180P 22Mar07
Tuckshop credit cards.
Went with article on the introduction in some
schools of tuckshop credit cards for students.
2007-171 20Mar07
I'm sticking to beer!
Health research showing that drinking a lot of fruit juice may contribute
to obesity.
2007-161 15Mar07 The two
brick rule.
Light hearted look at the controversy
surrounding the rule introduced by
a Victorian school to limit contact between students of different sexes.
2007-131 2Mar07
David Hicks charged.
David Hicks finally charged after five years of
detention without trial.
2007-050 29Jan07
Teaching mathematics.
The ever increasing amount of sundry fees
charged
to students going to Government schools.
2007-121 27Feb07
Australia's current procedure for processing asylum seekers.
Our practice of pressuring Southeast Asian countries to
take asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.
2007-100 20Feb07 Migrants
become like him.
The mythical image of what Australians should be
be like.
2007-078P 8Feb07
Applause from a crowd of asbestos victims.
For article on $4.5 billion asbestos
compensation
deal from James Hardie after years of delay.
2007-071 6Feb07
Won't be thrown out doing the Mexican wave.
David Hicks and the new rule that sees
spectators thrown out
of cricket matches in Australia if they start a Mexican wave.
2007-054 31Jan07
Line dancing in Tamworth.
Racist attacks in Tamworth, the home of Australian country
music.
2007-040P 16Jan07
Map of Victoria today.
Widespread electricity
blackouts in the Sate of Victoria.
2006-668 4Dec06 Rainmaker
kits.
It seems to always rains whenever you have a
barbecue.
2006-673P 5Nov06 Tis the
season to be jolly.
Went with an article on checkout rage at
Christmas time.
2006-672 5Nov06
Always been fighting global warming.
Announcement by the churches of their intention
to fight global warming.
2006-638 20Nov06 Democracy
sign.
Reminder to anyone who finds voting in elections
tedious.
2006-588 26Oct06
Selling shocking DVDs.
Controversy surrounding a DVD showing abuse that
that was sold by Melbourne
teenagers used as a springboard to highlight the plight of drought
stricken farmers.
2006-548 5Oct06 The Big XXXL.
Epidemic of obesity in Australia.
2006-523P 7Sept06 Obese
baby's first steps.
Went with article on obese babies.
2006-520 4Sept06
Adopt our Australian way of life.
A look at Steve Irwin's love of dangerous
animals through the eyes of immigrants.
2006-504 30Aug06
Orange Bellied
parrot to support.
Comparing funding to protect the Orange Bellied
parrot with funding to aid desperately poor people.
2006-491P 22Aug06 Heart
attack while filling up.
Went with article on four wheel car drivers
being much more likely
to die as a result of roll overs than drivers of other vehicles.
2006-478 17Aug06 History
wars.
Using the Australian history wars debate to show
how history influences contemporary events.
2006-465P 8Aug06
Extra forms to fill out.
Went with article on Australian census night.
2006-458P 4Aug06
Transportation of Kovco's coffin.
Went with article criticising the way the
company contracted
to ship Private Kovco's coffin carried out their duties.
2006-432 25July06
Television slogans.
Relaxation of cross media ownership laws.
2006-396 7July06
Teaching prep kiddies their ABC.
Grading very young primary school age children
is very
difficult and can cause the kids unnecessary stress.
2006-389 4July06
Teenagers' Playschool.
A look at the alleged sexual assault on the Big
Brother program.
2006-385 3July06
Big Brother eviction texting.
Calls by the Prime Minster to scrap the Big Brother
program because of an alleged on air sexual assault.
2006-381 30June06
Welfare reform expressed as a beach patrol.
Tighter compliance rules for welfare recipients.
2006-375 29June06
Assisting David Hicks.
The Federal Government giving little assistance
to David Hicks, an Australian citizen
who has been held in Guantanamo Bay prison without trial for over four
years.
2006-377P 29June06
Anglican church steeples.
Split in the Anglican church, largely over the
ordination of women.
2006-365 23June06
Chocolate drives.
Chocolate and doughnut drives in schools not
encouraging healthy eating amongst children.
2006-361 22June06
Body parts ethics committee.
Illegal trade in body parts by the medical
profession.
2006-341 15June06
Modern Waltzing Matilda.
Immigration bill currently before Parliament
that will
see asylum seekers processed on offshore islands.
2006-339 14June06
Indefinite sentencing for sex offenders.
Trend in the Australian judicial system for some
serious sexual offenders to be held indefinitely.
2006-300 26May06
Waltzing Matilda.
Deployment of Australian troops to various hot
spots across
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