Global Cartoons

 Asia Pacific 
2008-457 11Aug08  Getting angry about environmental degradation.
Pollution at the Beijing Olympic games.
2008-456  8Aug08  Olympic smog torch relay.
Comment of the Beijing Olympic Games smog.
2008-436 31July08  Great Wall of China today.
China imposing tough internet censorship for the Beijing Olympics.
2008-398 15July08 Like looking a crosses.
The powerful sexual drive of young people and World Youth Day.
2008-327P 17June08  Performance enhancement at the Beijing Olympic.
High pollution levels in Beijing causing health problems for Olympic athletes.
2008-238 8May08  Olympic torch relay protests.
Human rights violations in China and the Olympic torch relay.
2008-205 23April08  Protest free Olympic torch relay.
Beijing Olympic torch relay dogged by incessant protests.
2008-172P 10Aug08  Rudd's blunt comments about Tibet.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on Kevin Rudd's
comments to the Chinese about human rights violations in Tibet.
2008-169 9April08  A bull in a china shop.
Human rights protests targeting the Olympic torch relay damaging China's image.
2008-167P 8april08  Unhindered Olympic torch relay.
Protests over Chinese human rights violations hindering the progress of the Olympic torch relay.
2008-142 31March08  Beijing Olympic torch relay.
Human rights abuses in Tibet in the lead up to the Beijing Olympics games.
2008-137 20Mar08  Blood on their hands.
A comparison of civilian deaths in Tibet and Iraq.
2008-126 17Mar08 Red China, red Tibet.
Recent bloodshed in Chinese controlled Tibet.
2008-097 1Mar08  Cricket umpiring signals.
A look at the slanging match that has gone on between
the Australian and Indian cricket teams this Summer.
2008-047P 11Feb08  Fragile protection.
Fighting in East Timor threatening it's democracy.
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.
2008-017 29January  The Indonesian military burying Soeharto.
A look at the culture of disregard for human rights that Soeharto cultivated.
2007-782 17Dec07  Reaching Agreement at the Bali Climate Change Conference.
Failure to come to a clear agreement on greenhouse gas
reduction targets at the Bali Climate Change Conference.
2007-507 11Aug07  Terrorist threat in Pakistan.
Speculating on Pakistan's reaction to Australia selling uranium to India.
2006-679P 7Dec06  Fijian traditional dress.
The Fiji coup.
2006-665 1Dec06  Fiji fire risk sign.
Spasmodic political unrest in Fiji.
2006-564 11Oct06 The uninvited guest.
North Korea gatecrashing the world's small
but exclusive nuclear weapons club.
2006-562 9Oct08  Kicking sand in Uncle Sam's face.
North Korea tempting fate by aggravating such a powerful country as America.
2006-476P 15Aug06  Practicing at the nets.
For article on the South African cricket team planning to leave
Sri Lanka because of an upsurge of violence in the country.
2006-372 27June06  Rolling out the red carpet.
Recent visit by John Howard to Indonesia to shore up Indonesian Australian relations.
2006-303 29May06  East Timor volcano.
East Timor's history of colonisation and occupation
a big influence on the current unrest.


 Europe
2008-467 13Aug08  Global hotting up.
Fighting in Georgia/South Ossetia and global warming.
2008-167P 8april08  Unhindered Olympic torch relay.
Protests over Chinese human rights violations hindering the progress of the Olympic torch relay.
2008-162 7April08  English rugby codes.
Repeated attempts by various protest groups to stop the Beijing Olympic Games' torch relay.
2008-101 3Mar08  Prince Harry in Afghanistan.
Media frenzy resulting from  the discovery that Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan.
2007-472P 26July07  Tour de France road sign.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the Tour de
France cycle race being dogged with drug taking scandals.
2007-462 24July07  Rule Britannia.
Massive floods in Britain.
2007-391 22June07  Knighting Salmon Rushdie.
Strong reaction from fundamentalist Muslims to Salmon Rushdie getting a knighthood.
2007-247P 24April07 Yeltsin's headstone.
Death of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, a notorious drunk.
2006-589 26Oct06  Iraq desert mirage.
No end in sight for the withdrawal of the coalition forces in Iraq.

 Middle East and Africa 
2008-476 18Aug08  Robert Mugabe sharing power.
Robert Mugabe making only a token offer of power sharing.
2008-365 2July08  Mugabe power sharing.
Call by the African Union for Mugabe to accept a power
sharing agreement with the Zimbabwean opposition.
2008-349 26June08  Mugabe's grip on power.
Robert Mugabe's human right's abuse.
2008-341P 23June08  Zimbabwean Presidential run off.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on Morgan Tsvangirai pulling out
of the Presidential run offs because of violence by the Mugabe regime.
2008-339 23June08  Why Saudi Arabia can't produce more oil.
Urgings for Saudi Arabia to produce more oil to alleviate the pressure on the price of oil.
2008-321 16June08  Robert Mugabe's ballot box.
Mugabe using force to usurp the democratic process in Zimbabwe.
2008-273 22May08  The new Apartheid in South Africa.
South African rioters targeting citizens from other countries living in South Africa.
2008-155 3April08  Mugabe stepping down.
Robert Mugabe's refusal to relinquish power.
2008-137 20Mar08  Blood on their hands.
A comparison of civilian deaths in Tibet and Iraq.
2008-101 3Mar08  Prince Harry in Afghanistan.
Media frenzy resulting from  the discovery that Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan.
2007-574 10Septe07  Lower violence in Iraq.
The scale of the violence in Iraq and the effectiveness of efforts to reduce it.
2007-427 5July07  Middle East peace dove.
Securing oil resources a key factor in the Iraq war.
2007-165 16Mar07  The horn of Africa.
The rogue state of Zimbabwe and it's leader Mugabe
pose a serious challenge to the African Union.
2007-168 19Mar07   Candles to match the cake.
Fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
2007-140 7Mar07  BodyBaghdad.
Baghdad must be using a hell of a lot of bodybags lately.
2007-124 28Feb07  Why Iraq has difficulty standing on it's own feet.
The damage done to the Iraqi people by the war.
2007-111 22Feb07  We want you Iraqis to take control.
Expectation that the Iraqi government will eventually be
able to govern Iraq when the Americans can't even do it.
2007-096 16Feb07  Why are you in Iraq?
Pointing out that our own freedom of speech has been subtly eroded away in the pursuit of terrorists.
2007-090 14Feb07  Why there shouldn't be an early withdrawal from Iraq.
Pointing out the profits the arms industry must be making out of the Iraq war.
2007-082 12Feb07  They say we shouldn't cut and run.
The horrendous cost of the Iraq war on ordinary American soldiers.
2007-030 12Jan07  Working tirelessly for George Bush.
Mounting US death toll in Iraq.
2007-025 11Jan07  Telling people.
George Bush committing more troops to Iraq.
2006-707 21Dec06  US soldiers killed in Iraq.
Pointing out the fact that those that start wars rarely
suffer the direct consequences of  their actions.
2006-705 19Dec06  Iraq fortune teller.
The Grim situation in Iraq.
2006-615 9Nov06 Democracy not so bad.
Commentary on the American Mid term elections.
2006-571 16Oct06  Iraq pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Grim prognosis of the situation in Iraq.
2006-470 11Aug06  Roadmap to peace wrong turn.
Abject failure of the roadmap to peace plan.
2006-456P 3Aug06  Stop bombing the rubble.
The United Nations ' delay in issuing a firm
resolution to stop the war in Lebanon.
2006-449 1Aug06  Digging the foundations of hate.
Violence perpetuates violence.
2006-425 21July06  Lebanese civilian lifeline.
Difficulty for civilians to flee Lebanon.
2006-411 17July06  The three wise men today.
Open warfare in the Middle East.
2006-407 13July06  Please miss, what is peace?
Perpetual state of war in the Middle East.
2006-368 26June06  Iraq war progress report.
The level of fighting in Iraq contradicting reports claiming progress is being made.
2006-333 9June06  World and Iraq Cup.
Oblique look at the ongoing brutality of the Iraq war.

 North and South America 
2008-393 14July08  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The two largest home finance companies in America on the brink of collapse.
2008-305 4June08 Declaring the Democratic presidential nomination winner.
The bloody and prolonged battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
2008-218 30April08  The Statue of Liberty today.
Speculating that part of America's current economic woes
are a result of the massive economic drain of the Iraq war.
2008-086 26Feb08  Shock and awe in America.
Rising support for Barack Obama, who if elected president
will become the first coloured president of the United States.
2008-064 15Feb08  The part of the American economy that's still booming.
Spate of gun massacres in the US in the past few weeks.
2008-007 23Jan08  The Federal Reserve throwing off the gloves.
The US Federal Reserve's attempt to boost the
economy by lowing the interest rate by .75%.
2007-772 13Dec07  Need cash fast.
The US Federal Reserve desperately trying to shore up the American economy.
2007-290 11May07  Jet setting today.
Paris Hilton jailed for 45 days over a parole violation.
2007-253 27April07  America's newest religion.
The American people's obsession with guns.
2007-230 19April07  The right to bear arms.
A look at America's "right to bear arms".
2007-224P 17April  American bullets flag.
Went with article on the shooting massacre in Virginia.
2007-223 17Aprl07  Gun control in America.
A re-look at America's lax gun laws in the
light of the shooting massacre in Virginia.
2007-208 3April07  Sentencing David Hicks.
The gag conditions placed on David Hicks as part of his
sentence is very convenient for the Federal Government.
2007-190P 27Mar07  How does Hicks plead?
Went with article on David Hicks' guilty plea.
2007-186 26Mar07  We are ready for you now.
After five years delay the American military are finally ready to try David Hicks.
2007-090 14Feb07  Why there shouldn't be an early withdrawal from Iraq.
Pointing out the profits the arms industry must be making out of the Iraq war.
2007-082 12Feb07  They say we shouldn't cut and run.
The horrendous cost of the Iraq war on ordinary American soldiers.
2007-030 12Jan07  Working tirelessly for George Bush.
Mounting US death toll in Iraq.
2007-025 11Jan07  Telling people.
George Bush committing more troops to Iraq.
2006-707 21Dec06  US soldiers killed in Iraq.
Pointing out the fact that those that start wars rarely
suffer the direct consequences of  their actions.
2006-620 10th Nov06  Already set in stone.
Consequences of the Iraq war.
2006-616 9Nov06  Mid term election track.
The impact of the US mid term elections result on George Bush's Iraq war strategy.
2006-615 9Nov06 Democracy not so bad.
Commentary on the American Mid term elections.
2006-546 4Oct06  The lax US gun laws shooting gallery.
Spate of shootings in US schools highlighting
the ease in which Americans can obtain firearms.
2006-392P 4July06  Deciding on how to proceed.
Went with article on the American military considering
how to proceed with their prosecution of David Hicks.