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.
Topic tags: Fiona Katauskas, federal politics, ALP, Bill Shorten, opposition
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Thanks Ms Katauskas. Love your work! Dufa Wira | 07 October 2014
It's been a long time, sadly, since I voted 1 Labor. What's happened to the light on the hill? William B Laidlaw | 08 October 2014
So unhappily true. When I first saw him using the Beaconsfield mining disaster to get a national profile the warning bells went off. Ability outstriiped by ambition. Bilal | 08 October 2014
Another short, sharp and to the point cartoon from Fiona. Many thanks. Kevin Luxford | 08 October 2014
Well done, Fiona. Perhaps I am missing something in the media, but it seems to me that not only is Mr Shorten engaging in pusillanimous echoing of the Prime Minister, but so it the rest of the Party. Surely there are some members of the ALP who can offer intelligent counter views on the issues raised in this marvellous cartoon. If not, we might have to start talking about the Federal Government and the Federal Agreement. Dennis Sleigh | 08 October 2014
Shorten is a bitter disappointment- even worse at a time when a healthy opposition is so important. Must go NOW Pamelac | 08 October 2014
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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.