Fiona Katauskas' work has also appeared in ABC's The Drum, New Matilda, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, The Financial Review and Scribe's Best Australian political cartoon anthologies.
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I spy with my little eye: humble pie (not).
Fiona's cartoon says it all.
Why...oh why...is it happening again????? Both sides are as bad as each other! They get into 'power' and then say "Oh...we can't do THAT... we didn't mean THAT....there's not enough money for THAT...." Why isn't each new government held to their promises? they spend heaps of money on researching things, come up with a 'plan' and then the next lot say.... "nah...we can't do THAT!" and no-one is held responsible! A PM shouldn't be allowed to get any 'retirement' money once they're finished, if he/she has lied and broken promises made before an election!! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
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Fiona Katauskas' work has also appeared in ABC's The Drum, New Matilda, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, The Financial Review and Scribe's Best Australian political cartoon anthologies.