Off the leash
2020 was going to be so good. The economy was going to be ‘back in black’, and we were going to bring home gold from the Tokyo Olympic Games. But the Games were nixed, and the economic tide turned. By September Australia had entered its first recession in almost three decades. Globally, the picture was even worse. Here, eye-wateringly large stimulus packages were rolled out by state and federal governments. Our cartoonists were kept busy as industries were dubbed ‘winners’ or ‘losers’ in the cash splash.
Almost Got This Thing Flattened
Mark Knight, Herald Sun,
Having Your Cake
Jon Kudelka, The Saturday Paper,
Comrade Morrison
First Dog on the Moon, The Guardian,
The Ghost of Kevin
John Shakespeare, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age,
Recession
Warren Brown, The Daily Telegraph,
We're All in This Together
Alan Moir, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age,
Cancelling Culture
Fiona Katauskas, Eureka Street,
Talking Back the Support
Christopher Downes, The Mercury,
How Good Was Holden?
John Shakespeare, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age,
The Long-Range Forecast
Jon Kudelka, The Saturday Paper,
The Odd Couple
Mark Knight, Herald Sun,
Snap Back Economics
John Spooner, The Australian,
Going with the Flow
Fiona Katauskas, Eureka Street,
Mastermind
Cathy Wilcox, The Sydney Morning Herald,