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Whiplash Economics

Four panels where Josh Frydenberg is a red inflatable figure. His level of air changes to reflect the economy at the time.

Through Matt Davidson’s ‘Frydenberg inflatable’, we can chart the rocky times experienced by our Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg. Journalist and judge of the 2021 Political Cartoonist of the Year, Casey Briggs, found this cartoon very relatable: ‘After a bruising 2021, I think most Australians probably feel at least a little like a wacky waving inflatable tube guy’.