OK, so New Matilda did publish my last cartoon, only it's not eligible to win as I won the first heat. It could be seen at http://newmatilda.com/cartooncomp/heat-8/ but now the page no longer exists!
Somehow it didn't get published straight away, so it's a bit old-newsy.
This cartoon is all about China's state-owned (naturally) resource giant attempting to double its stake in Aussie company Rio Tinto to some 20%. I think Wayne Swan would have quietly given the deal the go-ahead if Mal Turnbull hadn't brayed so loudly against the notion. Nothing agaist the Chinese, but do we really want them owning a fifth of our largest mining company? It would be kind of funny if they used our natural resources to build military jets and aircraft carriers, seeing as our new defense white paper is warily predicting a possible military threat from China by 2030! (Shades of "Pig-Iron Bob"...)
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I've always drawn cartoons. My mum showed the first political one I ever did to the local paper, the Townsville Daily Bulletin (as it was known at the time). They put my photo in the paper, but they didn't publish the cartoon. Maybe because they didn't have scanners back then. Who knows? Ten years later I won the cartoon competiton held by the same paper. Alas, my fame was fleeting! But now I have this blog... (click on the pics to enlarge)...
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