social & general
2012
2012-278 11May12 The big man.
Personal arrogance belittled when compared to the scale of the universe. Sort of a variation on Shelley's Ozymandias
2012-260 4May12 Traffic gridlock in the future.
Lighter look at the aging population.
2012-254 2May12 What has been dropped.
The dropping of the first home buyers bonus while keeping in place negative gearing for rental properties.
2012-261P 4May12 Newstart starter's gun.
Went with article on how difficult it is to rent a property in the current tight rental market if you are on the Newstart allowance.
2012-250 30April12 We can't reduce the pokies industry.
A look at the negative aspects of the pokies industry.
2012-255 3May12 Job security today.
Widespread loss of job security.
2012-251 1May12 Billy Bunter and Ginger Meggs today.
High level of child obesity amongst Australian children.
2012-243-V2 30April12 Australiastan, Afghanistan
Sharp rise in the number of shootings across the Eastern states due to bikie gang wars.
2012-245P 27April12 The pokies diet.
Went with story on the large amount of money Australians are spending on poker machines.
2012-222P 17April12 Today's road to Damascus.
Went with article of the impending inquiry into sexual abuse in the Catholic church and other Religious organisations.
2012-214 5April12 Teletubbies.
High prevalence of child obesity.
2012-208 3April12 The war on drugs thus far.
The failure to control illegal drugs in our society.
2012-195 28March12The house loss industry.
Quirky look at the weight loss industry and the brutality of foreclosing on a house mortgage.
2012-181 23March12 Pokies trial.
Pokies industry wanting very watered down limits on poker machine use.
2012-156 13March12 The cashless society.
Economic hardship.
2012-155 13March12 Gina Rinehart's Christmas tree.
A look at the Rinehart family feud.
2012-135 29Feb12 Watered down pokies reform.
The watering down of pokies reform legislation threatening scuttle the whole project.
2012-125 24Feb12 Getting a ram raid education.
Inequality in the provision of education services is a factor in why some disadvantaged young turn to crime.
2012-098P 13Feb12 Two Bills.
Pocket toon that went with article on two gay marriage bills before parliament at the same time.
2012-076 2Feb12 Centrelink jobs for life.
Speculating that the only safe jobs left are those involved with processing the unemployed.
2012-075 3Feb12 National sentiment today.
National sentiment often at odds with our economic choices.
2012-070 31Jan12 Unpatriotic country.
Furore over the burning of an Australian flag.
2012-062 27Jan12 Tent embassy that aboriginals didn't want.
A different look at the aboriginal tent embassy furore.
2012-053 14Jan12 Bigger than ever Australia Day.
Using Australia Day to highlight the obesity epidemic in Australia.
2012-034 17Jan12 Where police chases often end up.
Drawn in response to a number of deaths after police pursuits.
2012-038 18Jan12 Western Sydney drive through service.
High number of drive by shootings in Western Sydney.
2012-029 14Jan12 Road kills.
A jibe at the new Winfield Cigarette packet featuring the image of a kangaroo.
2012-022 11Jan12 Smelly foreigners
Drawn in response to Liberal MP Teresa Gambaro's statement that foreign workers smell and need to us deodorant.
2012-014 9Jan12 Tougher sentencing unity.
A different take on the tougher sentencing debate.
2012-011 6Jan12 Supermarkets' view of Good Friday.
The increasing commercialisation of Easter with hot cross buns and Easter eggs on sale right after Christmas.
2012-012P 6Jan12 Meat pie and tomato ketchup.
Went with article on the Heinz tomato sauce factory moving offshore.