Adele K Thomas is an illustrator, director and art director, with over fifteen years of experience in animation film and TV design, children's books, advertising and apps. She was lead illustrator working for Flying Bark Productions on Disney's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and illustrates children's books for Scholastic, Hardie Grant and Penguin.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
Your guide to how often voters go to the polls.
Your guide to misinformation and democracy.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
Explore political cartoons in Behind the Lines exhibitions online.
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