Geoff Pryor emerged from retirement to draw a weekly cartoon for The Saturday Paper, before retiring a second time. Before that, he had been the political cartoonist for The Canberra Times for thirty years, where he was succeeded by David Pope.
Browse all cartoonists featured in Behind the Lines.
How the head of the government can lose their position.
The vote tallying process in Australian federal elections explained.
Your guide to how often voters go to the polls.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
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