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Department of Consequences

A man with a blue tie is relaxing with his hands behind his head. He is at the desk of the 'Department of Consequences'.

Is it possible to draw as potent a political cartoon with fewer lines than Reg Lynch has applied here? The relaxed demeanour of the authority charged with ‘keeping the bastards honest’ belies the deeply concerning state of government accountability in this country.

- Lucien Leon, Political Cartoonist of the Year judge, 2021