I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.

Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.

This week west Belconnen had major transport cuts, to accommodate works around Parliament House. ACT govt has been condescending and heartless over the loss for westies. Today govt is crying about the closure of a shop in the same area. Can’t have it both ways, ACT Labor. FFS.

NEW: How Measurement Changes Can Exaggerate the Growth of Religious “Nones” from Matthew Conrad & me https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-5-89/

Great to see politicians show conviction www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Life was very messy for me growing up. I survived with the encouragement of educators and was able to overcome adversity. I was lucky. But life shouldn't about luck. Policy can help young people like me thrive. Imagine a place where all kids get a go?! I explore this with The Smith Family.

Back-to-school stories ooze of smiling faces and shiny new things. Rarely do we see stories of those doing it tough. Not because the stories don’t exist in Australia, but because the reality of some young people’s lives is unpalatable. Don’t look away. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/916569...

‘Rudd's name has appeared in multiple emails sent to and from Epstein’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Essay: On the rise of One Nation and the Coalition crisis open.substack.com/pub/guyrundl...

Fair pay. Better universities. University staff need fair pay that keeps up with the cost of living. Food, rent, and bills haven’t stopped rising and neither should your pay. Hard work, sacrifice, and increased productivity should be recognised. Join today: nteu.au/join

When fancy folk in suits tell you inequality isn’t increasing, show them this! The wealthy get tax breaks for multiple homes while renters and others not lucky enough to own homes pay for the rich’s privilege. WTAF?! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Your chance to be part of the most progressive census Australia has ever seen! Join the #Census2026au team. www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...

Bad guys with guns. My @smh cartoon.

Youngest American citizen to be deported in 2025: Two years old.

SILENCED | ‘It’s legally difficult to tell these stories – the fact we’ve received a legal threat proves the point’ www.smh.com.au/culture/movi...

Have they though?

Frontier violence and introduced diseases saw deaths and devastation to First Nations peoples in Australia from the moment of colonisation. By the 1840s, the First Nations population had been more than halved by the brutality of colonisation. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

“Hundreds of immigrant MOTHERS AND CHILDREN”

‘We need sustained, honest discussions about why we are no closer to closing the gap and addressing our nation’s unfinished business. Instead we get delay dressed up as action.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The entire out-of-home sytem of care is utterly broken www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

"Let's just get up, dust ourselves off. It was a political loss at a point in time, but it doesn't undermine the importance of the key reform that was in there, and that is the Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition." - Professor Megan Davis www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

‘When you know their origins, you wonder how they’ve survived in life at all’ - forensic psychologist on youth offenders www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Urgh Davos. Cash-laden out-of-touch privileged folk talking about the world’s problems, all while being the world’s problems.

I’m starting to believe - despite being an optimist - that homeownership for middle-aged parents who’ve never owned a home is utterly out of reach. It’s so hard because moving your kids around is so tough. The market works against you. Forever renter I’m destined. 💔

This divide isn’t the hard working vs the lazy: this is about the lottery of life and LUCK. Success in modern Australia shouldn’t be about who your parents are and where you come from. Inequality is in part created and remedied via the tax system. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Women ‘being failed by underfunded and understaffed’ UK postnatal care

Cronyism and nepotism say what?

NEW: 1 in 10 teens going to headspace say the teen social media ban was a factor in their decision to seek mental health support. This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.

Statement from our client Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. It is a tragedy that Adelaide Writers' Week has been destroyed, for nothing. However, this is a massive win for artistic freedom and hopefully a turning point in this time of unhinged McCarthyist witch-hunting. Randa is a hero and we love her.

France records more deaths than births for first time since end of second world war www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The social media ban was always just the govt doing something to look like it was doing something. That it was being pushed by media and FM hosts was a major 🚩 There is no success/fail test that the ban is being judged by, but we do have a shirt load of vibes.

Neither wise nor necessary: Australia’s hate laws could be history repeating www.theguardian.com/law/commenti...

Pipe bombs found in public areas around Australia’s capital www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Few words. My @smh @theage cartoon

This is a huge loss for Australian arts. Louise Adler has resigned, after years of racist campaigning from Murdoch’s hate machine for her continued audacity to have 1-2 Palestinian writers in her festivals. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is integrity 👏🏼 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trying to buy a first home in your forties with kids is like trying to use small change at the tuckshop. How much can I get for 5c?

Sick and need to see a doctor in Canberra? It’ll cost you $100+. No wonder health inequalities are increasing in the nation’s capital amid the scourge of hidden poverty. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

No notes All the power and love to @cathywilcox.bsky.social

Just listening to @drdemography.com on ABC Canberra radio. She's just mentioned it's predicted that deaths will outnumber births here in Australia within two decades. Politicians will hear this stat and go "so less tax payers then..."

UN says 3.5 million Afghan children are malnourished, at least 1.7 million at risk of death. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

‘Circumcision is to be classed as a potential form of child abuse under new guidance for prosecutors, amid concerns from judges and coroners about deaths and serious harms caused by the procedure.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Well of course the fuckers have. All while telling the rest of us not to be poor. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Affordable, liveable housing should be a human right and a legal requirement. #HousingCrisis #auspol

Renter without air-conditioning or insulation here. Landlords have no interest in making homes liveable. They’re just after the money. That must change. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

what a farce

So politicians hoard homes AND charge taxpayers to cover their costs? Entitlement and rort culture from the political class is next level, especially given the attacks on people needing actual welfare.

Stay safe, Australia. #heatwave

Heatwaves in Australia cause more fatalities than other natural hazards combined. Increasing heatwaves - caused by global boiling - will drive up mortality, especially among infants, the elderly, and other economically & geographically vulnerable people. pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271991/1-s2....

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career