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Megan Herbert

@meganjherbert.bsky.social
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Age and SMH Cartoonist / Writer & Illustrator of all things / She/her. On Bunarong land. linktr.ee/meganjherbert

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
May this be the first of many such wins
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Very honoured to be included on this long list, among truly excellent cartoonists, named in honour of the late great Jon Kudelka who was the best at it and is so very missed 🤍 thepoint.com.au/new/261009-k...
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Kudelka Climate Cartoon Award Longlist
View the cartoons longlisted for the Kudelka Climate Cartoon Award
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
US live streaming firing squad executions @theageaustralia.bsky.social www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The story below is what today's toon is about and honestly it's the kind of good news I think we all need to celebrate right about now
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing two older conservative men having coffee in a busy cafe. One of them holds a newspaper open to an article titled "Win for activists: Coal mine must account for knock-on emissions." He says to the other man, "This ruling sets a terrible precedent for people who want to avoid the long-range consequences of their actions on a technicality."
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Consequences. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing two older conservative men having coffee in a busy cafe. One of them holds a newspaper open to an article titled "Win for activists: Coal mine must account for knock-on emissions." He says to the other man, "This ruling sets a terrible precedent for people who want to avoid the long-range consequences of their actions on a technicality."
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
MY EYES
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have just seen Palace's British Film Festival guide and I... think... I... want to see every film??? This has never happened before
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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Latest @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oof.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Nobel Prize I think we need:
A cartoon by Megan Herbert showing the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize. A woman standing at a podium says, "And this year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to... the Jump to Recipe button."
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🫡
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's a gotta laugh or you'll cry moment in human history
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cliffhanger! :) My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a couple cosying up on the couch to watch the evening news. Their eyes are glued to the screen, wine (his) and hot toddy (hers), clutched in their respective hands, looks of rapt anticipation on both of their faces, as she says, "Ooh... I wonder which one is going to win... climate change, AI, or the Plague?"
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I cannot listen to this music without weeping
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
10:53 PM • 10/4/26 • 1.3M Views
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
😬 alas I did not
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ha! Snap. I had one in my letterbox this week too.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just wrote an actual physical letter to the ATO **via snail mail** after literal weeks trying to reach them by phone, being kept on hold for hours, then summarily hung up on. TAKE THAT AI, I guess
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Nerd Reich- My new cartoon for @thepointau.bsky.social
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Costs the Earth. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing three vignette drawings with captions below each one. First is a drawing of ceramic piggy bank labelled "Cost of attending COP talks." Second is a large sack full of money labelled "Cost of doing what COP recommends". Third is the Earth labelled, "The cost of doing neither."
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oof. Spot on.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't think any world leaders follow me here, but if anyone who has their ear does, please tell them to listen to the Your Undivided Attention podcast so they can properly understand that the AI problem isn't just about stolen IP and data centres www.humanetech.com/podcast
humanetech.com
Your Undivided Attention
We're a nonprofit exposing the negative effects of persuasive technology and social media and empowering people to take action. Discover The Social Dilemma, our podcast, course, and more.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
👉💥👈
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The conversation imagines an internal Greens debate about which areas of policy focus and framing of the Greens 'brand' might attract or repel voters. It's not offering a value judgment
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Where does it say that opposition to genocide is a liability?
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
not yet, David!
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not easy bein' green. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing an aerial view over a table as a Greens strategy meeting is under way. Six different (unidentified) people are discussing the way forward for the party as one of them types up ideas including "replace labor" and "harness voter anger better than Pauline". Working clockwise around the table from top left the conversation is thus: Person 1: "New leader?" 2: "Check." 3: "Logo still good?" 4: Check." 5: "Now if we can just sort our brand assets from our liabilities..." The hands hover over a selection of different shades of green colour swatches variously labelled: "Bottle anger green", "Electric future green", "Legalise leaf green", "Smashed avo green", "Combative green", "Classic native forest green", "Watermelon green", "Cool quip green", "Rich tax green", "Muted sage green", "Throwing shade green", Free dental fresh mint green", "Brunswick green", with a bunch more partially visible beneath the pile.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is such an incredible and horrific film
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mike Bogart Smith
instagram.com/mikebogartsmith
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can take a cartoonist out of the children's book world but you can't take the children's book world out of the cartoonist
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😂
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The inflation problem. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a single mother, recently made homeless after defaulting on her mortgage repayments (as evidenced by visible paperwork), setting up a new home in a tent with her two young children. Surrounded by their essentials stored in storage and plastic bags, the baby crawls on the grass, his older brother heats some food over a camp stove, and his exhausted-looking mother blows up an air mattress. Watching her, the boy says, "Is this what they means when they say 'inflation is the problem,' Mum?"
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mr Golding makes it look so fun... and so easy... and yet each cartoon is an original stroke of insight, genius and hilarity. He's the best of us
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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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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
a true woman of the people
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Australia lurching further along the moronic MAGA/MAHA path
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ready to go. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a suburban living room on Grand Final Day (AFL or the code of your choice). The title: All Ready For Game Day. Left to right, items are shown and labelled: a television (TV), a couch (Comfy Seats), meats pies with sauce and a bowl of chips (Snacks), an ice bucket full of alcoholic drinks (Drinks), a phone (Betting Apps), an overnight bag, partially concealed under the table with a teddy bear next to it (Emergency Go Bag). Standing in the doorway, eyes on the go bag, is an anxious young mother with a baby girl on her hip and a boy holding her hand, as they wait for things to kick off.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Emergency broadcast. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing the scene of a disbanded press conference on the White House lawn. In the foreground, a reporter holding a mic that resembles an oxygen tank, is switching off the tap. In the background, a pack of reporters is walking away. Following the tube attached to the oxygen tank, we see the oxygen supply is connected via a mask to Trump, who is now gasping for air. Behind Trump an ambulance approaches in a hurry, labelled "Trump TV, 24/7".
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trims. My cartoon in Tuesday's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a suburban house. The homeowners relax in garden chairs and watch on approvingly as treasurer Jim Chalmers (from Jim's Tax Trims) neatens up with handheld sheers the foliage of a large tree overhanging their house. Meanwhile, semi-concealed and kneeling at the base of the tree are two workers whose shirts read "Interest rate rises" and "real wage decline" cutting into the base of the tree with chainsaws.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not asking for a like. Just puzzled by your need to take the time to say something so negative. Do you speak that way to people face to face? Maybe you do
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
gotta love total strangers taking a moment out of their day to tell you they think you suck
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My cartoon is not about Macklemore. It is about Sheeran's claim that his art can comfortably exist outside of politics. It can only if it discusses absolutely nothing at all.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Saying something by saying nothing. My cartoon in the Saturday @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing an art gallery opening event. The artist is Ed Sheeran, who is explaining his work to an attendee: "I choose to make art about things that aren't political." Every canvas on the walls of the gallery is blank. The explanatory plaque of the one in the foreground is visible and reads: "Ed Sheeran, 'Think of the children.' Blank canvas."
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
U.S. Space Farce. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a U.S. Space Force missile launcher already deployed and orbiting the earth... and pointed right at it. The missiles are labelled: Oil Shock, Global Conflict, Trade Wars, AI Arms Race and Disinformation.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wonder why. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a suburban scene in Kyiv after an apartment building has been bombed. As people clean up the mess, overhead, a plane, flying an American flag, swoops over the scene and away into the clear blue 'yon. A little girl, walking with her mother, looks up at the departing plane and says, "Mama, why don't the Americans visit Russia every day? It's the only time they stop the     bombing."
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Labor, Liberal, National, and One Nation would do well to understand this too:
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sugar hit. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a recreation of the Stanford Marshamallow Test in two panels. Panel 1: A young child is seated at a table on which sits a pink marshmallow on a plate. The child eyes the marshmallow, but keeps their hands neatly folded as a suited, grey-haired man explains the rules. (In the background is a bag of marshmallows on a table and, just visible, a tiny grasping hand coming into frame.) The man says, "So I'm going to leave the room until you're ready to retire, and if the superannuation marshmallow is still there when I return, I'll give you TWO marshmallows, which I'll store over there for..."
Panel 2: He finishes his sentence with a frustrated scowl, "...safekeeping," seeing that the marshmallow bag has been raided and emptied by another child, wearing One Nation orange, unable to delay her gratification.
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