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Carole

@carolethestrong.bsky.social
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Living on Kaurna land. Social justice advocate. Grateful to be alive. Still 25 in my head. Sweary at times. Football nut ⚽️ play Walking Football 🚫🤖 🚫crypto 🚫no post no follow 🚫🐂💩 🚫porn 🚫financial advice 🚫NO MESSAGING - basically I don’t know you 🤷‍♀️

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/06/2025
Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it. We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS. ✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A lot to process. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing the reception area of a Medicare Bulk Billing practice. As a humanoid robot, labelled "AI Agent", hands a claims form to the startled looking receptionist, it says, "Hello. I would like to lodge a claim that I'm here to kill you all." In the background, a member of the Australian Federal Police, who is perusing a file labelled "AFP Report on Open AI Breach", overhears and whips his head around in startled reaction. But tellingly, doesn't rush to take any meaningful action.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
The Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the backpacker
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Like and share. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a middle-aged hetero couple in bed both scrolling on their phones. Next to them are unread book stacks. The light from their screens illuminates their exhausted, phone addicted faces. The woman says, "Apparently Meta's agreed to add default daily time limits and night time push notification blocks, install content moderation to curb adverse mental health effects, and limit social comparison features for kids." Without looking up, the man replies, "When are they doing it for adults?"
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Not waving. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.socialand @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a deep body of water in which a person wearing an American flag t-shirt is being pulled under the surface due to sandbags attached to his waist ("health care costs", "Interest rates", "cost of groceries", "Price of fuel" and "Tariff Impacts"). Clutching a red cap in his hand, he waves it desperately above the surface for help. Approaching from the deep, mouth wide and teeth sharp, is an enormous shark ("U.S. National Debt"). Some way off, on the water's surface, standing up in a golden rescue dinghy, is Trump. Waving back, he says, "Hello! Thanks to me, we're calling this 'Lake America' now. You're welcome."
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Saluting @cathywilcox.bsky.social today: friend, colleague, mentor, and the very best of cartoonists, stepping away from her post after 37 years. Our national conversation will be much the poorer without her regular contribution of insight, wit, bravery and truth telling. Thank you, Cathy x🫡🤍
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Everywhere. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. 1. “Three Israeli hostages waving white flags were shot and killed  by the IDF. They said, “We thought they were Hamas.””Image of three dead, with flags. 2. “The IDF shot and killed 14 Palestinian paramedics and a UN worker then buried them in a mass grave. They thought Hamas were among them.” Image of bulldozer and rows of body bags. 3. “Present and former Israeli politicians have claimed there are no innocents in Gaza and that even children and babies are the enemy.” Image of a child sitting, a dead adult behind, a sniper drone buzzing nearby. 4. “So when they say the IDF killed Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues because they thought they contained Hamas operatives. It’s understandable, as they see Hamas everywhere.” Image of photo of Zomi with bouquet of flowers beside.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
we have a problem.
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Floofy with a Chance of Spanakopita @floofytyrant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is who Dolly Parton was. She was the rare billionaire that gave everything to others and kept only some for herself. Please watch the video below. It’s a beautiful way to honour her memory. 🩷🕊️ @marcuskelson.bsky.social you will love this.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How is it that data centres can just “pop up” around the country?
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Choices. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Paragraphs of text with small vignettes. First column: “HAPPY NEW YEAR” sign with balloons. “I sometimes think about a time when I was 16 at a New Year’s Eve party. 
Teens drank at parties then, and a log of pashing went on. It was all pretty tame.”(Image of awkward young couple pashing.)
“I liked boys a lot and at this party I got flirting with a guy…” (image of girl and guy facing each other at nigh under party lights.) “He told me he was 22, and I felt very grown up to have attracted his attention. He was surprised to discover my age.” Next column: (image of champagne bottle popping cork) “when midnight came, I hoped to have a New Year’s kiss with him. He gently declined, saying I was too young. I didn’t know what I didn’t know, and he knew better.” (Image of the same two people under fireworks, with man smiling holding hand up as “no”.)
“When I think about young men and schoolboys “getting themselves into situations”, I think about him. And all the choices we make.” (Image two guys laughing walking away from a girl crying, sitting on the ground.) (image of a speaker with “NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS” blaring.)
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Carole @carolethestrong.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Canberra's not for sale – demand a National Lobbying Act
Nine corporate lobbyists for every politician, and most aren't even on the register. Sign the petition to end secret corporate lobbying in Canberra.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
carpeted..
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Uninvited. My @smh and @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Three people on a couch watching tv. In the middle is a buff guy in sport gear with TShirt marked “SPORT BET FAST”. His feet are up on the coffee table and he’s hugging the others, Mr and Mrs in their team jerseys, uncomfortably close.
Mrs says, “I still don’t understand how he got in here…” Mr says, “It’s probably my fault - I didn’t opt out.”
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Awaiting calls from Jillian Segal for a good news story on Israel to counter news that Israel has washed it hands of criminal investigation into Zomi Frankcom's murder.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Care package. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Kitchen scene, table with teapot and cups of tea in front of middle-aged woman holding phone, talking to frail elderly woman in mauve dressing gown and slippers. First woman says, “They say once we get our AUKUS subs, they’ll have a better idea of how much they have left to spend on your aged care package…”
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's me. "How the Labor Party sold out to vampiric oligarchs and authoritarian Zionist dickheads"
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How the Labor Party sold out to vampiric oligarchs and authoritarian Zionist dickheads - The Shot
This week, the Albanese government, in goose-stepping sync with the Liberals and One Nation, will push into law the “ASIO...
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Don’t ask me. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Six frames. 1. Fellow with clipboard bails up woman passer-by, says, “Excuse me, I’m doing a short survey. Do you think Australia takes in too many immigrants?” 2. She says,”I don’t know. I mean, are we talking about the immigrants who look after my mother in the aged care home?” 3. She continues: “Or the ones who come here to pick fruit for low wages so we have affordable fresh produce?” 4. “Or the ones working in construction to build our housing and infrastructure?” 5. “Or those training to be the medical specialists were short of?” 6. “I really don’t know. Maybe you could ask the government. They should know.”
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 17/08/2026
It is not antisemitic to record that this is what the government of Israel says.
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Israeli minister calls for killing ’30 to 40′ Palestinians in Gaza nightly
Far-right National Security Minister Ben-Gvir sits on Israel's security cabinet, which helps shape war and policy.
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Carole @carolethestrong.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@sampangtonight.bsky.social Congratulations 🥳 well deserved 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Slop. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Title - instruction: “[place cartoon here - ed]”. Appearance of yellow torn out lined note paper held in place by sticky tape. Text: “The Herald-Sun has this week published an AI cartoon, where previously they might have commissioned one of their (dwindling) stable of artists. And it makes sense. (Not the cartoon.) After all, what is a cartoon, but a picture with a caption and maybe some helpful labels to make a point? In this case, a point the editor who prompted it wanted to make.
I mean, how hard can cartooning be? We would all be doing them if it weren’t for our lack of drawing skill (and some cartoonists aren’t very skilled, let’s face it), and AI means nobody has to pay the outrageous fees that “artists” charge, while they can “borrow” their existing work to train AI. It’s literally a no-brainer!” (Small picture of a brain crossed out) “We can only hope they can keep up the quality, once the AI can only be trained using other AI cartoons.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sacrifice. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Title: “Somewhere on a tarmac in Türkiye.” Inside cabin of Aircraft One, a couple of people (press) sitting either side with a steward entering carrying drinks tray. One person on left says, “Why did President Trump get off this plane?” Steward says, “oh he just thought it would be better if we didn’t ALL get killed by Iran…” Woman on right of image says “You see, he’s ALWAYS making sacrifices.”
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No access. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Left, people (a bloke in a red cap; a woman checking phone with security guard; a man with camera wearing News24 vest) entering a venue inside which are visible orange balloons, a man in an orange cap welcoming. Outside is a sign saying “ONE NATION PRESENTS PAULINE HANSON LIVE! -‘MY PLAN FOR USTRAYA’” and behind that a smaller sign saying “KEEP OUT: GUARDIAN, ABC, AGE.” To the right female reporter stands talking to camera saying, “Sadly, Mrs Hanson won’t give us access, so we can only assume that what she’s selling won’t stand up to scrutiny and is not in the public interest.”
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"AI cannot be programmed to be zany like Brown, edgy like Katauskas, or subtle like Wilcox. ...it’s a shame it is currently so hard to make a decent living in this important public service." Cartoonists do often better journalism than journalists. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
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The political cartoonist is becoming an endangered species
Fiona Katauskas’ departure from Guardian Australia points to a larger decline in permanent cartooning jobs, even as political cartoons remain vital to satire, public debate and local media culture.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
@murphycartoons.bsky.social
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
@meganjherbert.bsky.social
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Trump’s Iran war cupboard. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social cartoon
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Some more equal. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Title “All animals are equal…” barnyard where Chris Minns stands in from to stables with a cow at one end, a horse the other. In the yard, six assorted cats in front of Minns who holds “HATE SPEECH LAWS”. A bin behind him with “SACKAR REPORT”  Also in yard, collie dog, sheep, pig, chicken, duck, rat and mice, two chicks. A crow. Minns says, “I’m afraid from now on, hate speech against cats is of a higher priority than hate speech against the rest of you.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
In the room. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Room with male psychologist in chair with notepad; on couch is Anthony Albanese looking anxious, shoes on floor beside him. Behind the scene is a line of people including: a blond woman in a suit with a folder; a pinstripe-suited businessman with cigar; a man in suit with hi-vis vest and hard hat; a croupier in waistcoat flipping a coin; a man in military garb with US flag on chest pocket; a tech bro with phone in jeans, t-shirt and jacket and peaked cap. Psychologist says “So tell me - are those lobbyists in the room with us now?”
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Pauline Hanson barred The Age, the ABC, and The Guardian from her Melbourne press conference, with the new state leader Warren Pickering threatening legal action against journalists for “character assassination attempts”. The full story: theageaustralia.com/4fPSuDZ
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Political spinner @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
One Nation’s Superwoman and the Fourth Estate’s kryptonite @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Bang bang click. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Three vignettes. 1. Trump with an old-fashioned six-shooter pistol, says “TAKE THAT IRAN!” while gun goes “BANG BANG BANG BANG CLICK” 2. Trump looks at gun which now goes “CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK” 3. Trump holding gun arm behind back, bringing other hand up to ear, says, “I’m hearing Iran is ready to make a deal.”
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Fuck all the way off with this. Howard has never liked multiculturalism. Not because it denotes ‘different tribes’ but because he can’t imagine anyone but someone who looks and thinks like him as ‘Australian’.
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Burning. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Foreground left: large, windowless buildings. Background: fiery forest horizon and red to black sky. Foreground right: man on his phone saying, “Quick! We need more water to cool down the data centres that are overheating from processing all the news about unprecedented wildfires…”
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Victorian Handicap. Tomorrow’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social cartoon
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Two way street. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Title: “Two way street”. Scene: a road from foreground leading into distance. Left, a woman on a bicycle with a bag and backpack and a small child in a baby seat at the front, riding away from our viewpoint. At left, a series of roadside signs saying, “LEAVE AND I’LL MAKE YOUR LIFE HELL”; “LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO”; SHUT UP OR ELSE”; “BUT I LOVE YOU…”
On the right, driving toward us, a large truck driven by a barely visible man.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Fuck yeah
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
verbal gymnastics
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If that comment doesn’t chill your blood, you’re not paying attention.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sit down.
Two frames. 1. Barnaby Joyce as on TV turning to shout “SIDDOWN!” 2. Two dogs on grass beside a fence, one black and white, the other curly blond. Black and white one says: “I was only asking if he regretted hitching his wagon to an even bigger attention seeker…”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Labor policy development..
Single frame. Three people around a large table with laptops open, a whiteboard behind with “ALP CONFERENCE 2026 POLICY PLATFORM DEVE… # cost of living, # housing affordability; # tax - resource reform; # energy - climate; # AI resources” One of the people at table is holding pages of a letter, says, “I think what the ambassador is saying is that we should have more “positive” policies relating to settlement expansion, discriminatory death penalties and breaches of international law…”
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Carole @carolethestrong.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It's time to finally ban gambling advertising getup.to/4BaPVmfyCdN1HE
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Add your name: Senate Submission into gambling advertising
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Data houses. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame.  A row of data centres with construction team including Ute marked “DATA-CON”and crane upstage. Downstage a man in construction overalls marked “DATA-CON” talking to another in a suit with briefcase and rolled plans, says, “When the crash comes, we can refit them as cheap housing for people who don’t mind a lack of windows.”
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