2023

All fun and games

Swinging at the piñata, spinning the bottle and bobbing for apples in a year of political party games.

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Who’s who

A parrot holding a small paintbrush in its mouth and sitting on top of a man's head.
Cartoon of the cartoonist Mark Knight
Rod Emmerson

Find all cartoonists featured by Behind the Lines.

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The process

Listen to Australian cartoonists describe their creative processes.

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All years

Behind the Lines is an annual exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. It celebrates the role of political cartoonists in Australia and highlights the power that their drawings have in contributing to our daily political and social discourse.