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Former Liberal staffer stars as 'Jim, 72, retiree'
Watch the Georgina Downer campaign ad which has been caught out for featuring a former political staffer and party official without identifying his pedigree.
Best of cartoons February 23, 2019
Our talented team of artists, illustrators and cartoonists give us their humorous version of the news of the day.
Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
Electricity
Power price falls for one in five households under new default system
Price falls coming for power users as government puts in place default pricing system
- by Shane Wright and Michael Koziol
Opinion
Federal election
The PM we never had, and Morrison's failure to value Julie Bishop
When the Prime Minister farewelled Julie Bishop this week, he struggled to name her accomplishments. It took her political enemies to acknowledge her greatness.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
LNP
The election year of living dangerously
Voters have little sympathy for those who try to grip the levers of power from beyond the political grave.
- by Ebony Bennett
Paris Agreement
Tackling climate change a 'financial necessity' says top Australian banking regulator
Urging companies and governments to take action to avoid an economic and environmental disaster.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Cyber security
If there's nothing to hide, why care if the servers are hacked?
The major parties, particularly the Liberal Party, were not even aware of the stench of their own hypocrisy.
- by Crispin Hull
Governance
'You couldn’t get away with this before': Scandals dominate politics
A string of controversies has left a stink over Parliament in the lead-up to the May election. Is it just the "Canberra bubble" or will the mud stick?
- by Michael Koziol
Hakeem al-Araibi
One unsent email: would this have saved Hakeem?
Revelations about a forgotten email have raised fresh questions about why Hakeem al-Araibi ended up in a Thai jail.
- by Judith Ireland