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Saturday, 17 February 2024

Tweet of the Week : he's simply unelectable

Now @TerrySerio started this so credit where credit's due. I just grabbed his idea and developed it.
Spud. He's a dud right? Simply unelectable one might say. And Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" just begged to be parodied so many lines didn't need changing 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/uNmg19ZN3E
— Glenno and Ruben (@mad6duck) February 12, 2024

Best of Mark Humphries: public school funding

Former public school students speak out on the dangers of adequate funding for public schools. pic.twitter.com/1JqcaLDAm6
— Mark Humphries (@markhumphries) February 11, 2024

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Independent political comment is not pulling its punches in Australia 2022 WARNING: Coarse Language

The United Australiar Party has made an election ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. pic.twitter.com/X6Dcr0tEO8
— theJuiceMedia 🌻 (@thejuicemedia) February 28, 2022

Sunday, 7 November 2021

The unofficial 'List of Things Voters Call Australian Prime Minister Scott John Morrison' has now grown to 200 unique social media mentions

Scott John Morrison
IMAGE: BBC, June 2021

Self-proclaimed ‘Scomo’ Morrison’s other nicknames and the descriptive political terms applied to him by the Australian general public - as of 4 November 2021

#LiarFromTheShire #ScottyFromMarketing #ScumMo #SloMo #SmoKo #StuntMo #ScamMo #ScoMoFo #ScoMocchio #ProMo #FauxMo #CoalMo #GunnaDoMorrison #CrimeMinister #PrimeSinister #MorriScum #SloganBogan #ScoMoses #KoalaKillerMorrison #SmirkyMcSmirkface #TyphoidScotty #Bullshitboy #NotMyPM #ScottyFromSportsRorts #GrottyScotty #SideshowScott #TheJerkWithTheSmirk #TheEngadineShitter #HappyClappySloganBogan #ScottyNoMates #ScottyBornToShill #SnollygosterInChief #TrumpsBitch #ScoMoron #SmirkingSnake #SignificuntScotty #DeathMaker #ScottyTheAnnouncer #TheSmugThug #ScuntMo #JobShirker #JobDodger #ShirknSmirk #ScottyTheSaviour #MissionCreepMorrison #ScottyTheSimp #ScottyFromGilead #MaliciousMorrison #TrumpLite #ScottyTheBully #ScoFuckingMo #ScottyGanda #FoghornLiehorn #MansplainerInChief #Scooter #ScottyForPhotoShoots #ScottyThePoser #PerformativeShitclown #BunningsBoy #ScoVid #ScottyTheSkiver #PinchfartMorrison #ScottyWotty #ScottyNeverHelped #SnottyTheGrifter #RoboScomo #ScumNut #ScottyFromGasMarketing #ScottyTheFukwit #ScottAllMouthNoTrousersMorrison #KimJongScottyUn #Fullofshiticus #ScottyGaveMeShingles #CaptainSmirk #McFuckface #SideshowScott #ScottyFromPhotoOps #DoughMo #ScottyTheUninvited #ScottyStoppedTheExports #ScottyThePutz #scottyfkntrump #SmirkAndMirrorsMorrison #ScottyNeverHelped #ScottyMIA #Slomoaf #InactionMan #SnakeOilScumo #NoShowMo #WhatsInItForScotty #ScottyTheCharlatan #ScottyDoNothing #ScottyTheVile #ShonkyFromTheStartScotty #ScottyKnew #ScottyFromCoverUps #ScottyTheRapistProtector #ScottyTheUnsavoury #ScottyTheQueueJumper #ScottyTheMisogynist #ScottyDoesNothing #PastorBumblefuck #ScottyTheUnhinged #ScottyIPromiseNotToShootWimmensMorrison #ScottyUnfitForOffice #LordSmirkington #ScottyTheGaslighter #ScottyFromDamageControl #SpinMeisterMorrison #ScottyTheLiar #ClotMorrison #Scoflake #ScareMo #MilkshakeMorrison #MealeyMouthMorriscum #ScottyBlahBlah #CanDooDooMorrison #MorrisonTheSpiritualAbuser #ScottyTheChosenOne #ScottyFromHillsong #ScottAlmighty #ScottyTheIntern #SquattyFromMarketing #MilkshakeTwerkinJerkinMotormouth #PariahFromTheShire #Scroto #ElSmirko #ScottTheArseholePrick #ClottyTheEagleOfGod #TheLastKingofCookland #ScottyFromBlathering #Scomozzle #ScottyFromCarpeting #Scoff #Scovid #ScottyFromQanon #ScottyTheTosser #FakeScott #Moronson #ScottytheChildAbuser #ScottytheMonster #ScottyTheSerialUnderachiever #QanonPM #RoboSco #ScottyNoFriends #sQomo #Sqotty #QanonPM #ScottyFromStuffUps #LunaticInTheLodge #ScottyTheSuperSpreader #CrookFromCook #ClotMo #Smuggo #ScottyTheFaker #ScottyInHiding #ScottyTheProtocolCreep #ScottyTheObserver #ScottyTheAntichrist #SCOalMOle #ScottyTheDictator #ScottyFromHairPlugs #MorrisonTheOneManBand #WallpaperGuy #ScottyFromMuppeting #ScottyTheBlameShifter #ScottyTheCoward #HuffMuffMorrison #SirMoron #MassMurdererMorrison #GotOffScottFreeMorrison #EvilBully #Clotty #Morrisogynist #AlohaScotty #IonlyHoldAPoseMorrison #JesusMorrison #ShoutyMcDickhead #ShoutyMcShoutface #ScottyFromGlasgow #PrimeMinisterForNSW #ScottyTheClimateFake #ComboverMorrison #LordOfTheLies #MorrisonTheDestroyer #TheAustralianWayPrimeFailure #PrimeFailureMorrison #ScottyHasAPamphlet #ScottyHasAPlan #ScottyThePariah #ScottyTheTraitor #ScottyTheLeaker #MorrisonPantsOnFire #DimwitDipshitDropkickClown #MorrisonNoShow#ScottyThePalterer #SnottieTheSpiv #ScottyTheMaliciousAdvisor #Squirmo #Scrotum #ScottyThe[insert appropriate emoji]

200

How many more examples are to come showing just how much Australians value the Liberal Member for Cook?

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

A word from the Australian Cartoonists Association.....

The Washington Post, 17 June 2021:

The five-person jury for the category picked the finalists but the larger Pulitzer Prize Board, which selects the winners for all the prizes in journalism and the arts, did not do so for cartooning because no consensus pick emerged. That happens every so often in various categories, but this was the first time in nearly a half-century that it had happened to political artists.

The Australian Cartoonists Association was not amused.....

To the Pulitzer Board.

I write as President, and on behalf, of the Australian Cartoonists Association, to express solidarity with our American editorial cartoonist colleagues, and to express our disappointment in the decision by the Pulitzer Prize Board not to award a prize for cartooning this year.

I note that the last year has been epic in the colliding of catastrophes, upheavals and conflicts both natural and man-made, and cartoonists, in spite of their precarious employment and challenging circumstances, have risen mightily to capture the moment(s).

In an era when the sharp line and elucidating perspective of cartoonists is more vital than ever to counter forces of obscurity and suppression of truth, we can ill afford to placate the powers for whom our silence and invisibility would be convenient. Cartoonists are necessary for a healthy democracy. Dictators hate us!

We could understand, having seen the work of contenders, that it may have been difficult for you to choose one over another. Could they have shared the prize? However, to not award a cartoonist this year suggests not an embarrassment of riches, but that no cartoonist was good enough.

And we think that is far from the truth.

Yours sincerely,

Cathy Wilcox

President Australian Cartoonists Association president@cartoonists.org.au

27 June, 2021

Well said, Ms. Wilcox!

Sunday, 22 November 2020

Australian Political Cartoonist of the Year 2020

The Age, 19 November 2020:

The Museum of Australian Democracy has named The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age cartoonist Cathy Wilcox the political cartoonist of the year. Here is some of her best work from 2020.

Endangered Species, January 22, 2020. "As often happens when you follow the news, parallels emerge between disparate issues. In this case, there were stories of the terrible cost to wildlife of last summer's bushfires, and the proliferation of pests, as well as evidence of the corrupt and unethical behaviour in business and politics, which appears to have become the norm. Coincidence? In any case, it's hard not to feel despair for what we've lost in both spheres." CREDIT:CATHY WILCOX

Saturday, 16 May 2020

Cartoons of the Week

Cathy Wilcox

Glen Le Lievre

David Rowe

David Pope

Friday, 31 January 2020

Public art with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as its subject is popping up here and there

One example at an unnamed coastal town....

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Moggy Musings

Hi! My name is Boy. I'm a male bi-coloured tabby cat. Ever since I discovered that Malcolm Turnbull's dogs were allowed to blog, I have been pestering Clarencegirl to allow me a small space on North Coast Voices.

A false flag musing: I have noticed one particular voice on Facebook which is Pollyanna-positive on the subject of the Port of Yamba becoming a designated cruise ship destination. What this gentleman doesn’t disclose is that, as a principal of Middle Star Pty Ltd, he could be thought to have a potential pecuniary interest due to the fact that this corporation (which has had an office in Grafton since 2012) provides consultancy services and tourism business development services.

A religion & local government musing: On 11 October 2017 Clarence Valley Council has the Church of Jesus Christ Development Fund Inc in Sutherland Local Court No. 6 for a small claims hearing. It would appear that there may be a little issue in rendering unto Caesar. On 19 September 2017 an ordained minister of a religion (which was named by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to 40 instances of historical child sexual abuse on the NSW North Coast) read the Opening Prayer at Council’s ordinary monthly meeting. Earlier in the year an ordained minister (from a church network alleged to have supported an overseas orphanage closed because of child abuse claims in 2013) read the Opening Prayer and an ordained minister (belonging to yet another church network accused of ignoring child sexual abuse in the US and racism in South Africa) read the Opening Prayer at yet another ordinary monthly meeting. Nice one councillors - you are covering yourselves with glory!

An investigative musing: Newcastle Herald, 12 August 2017: The state’s corruption watchdog has been asked to investigate the finances of the Awabakal Aboriginal Local Land Council, less than 12 months after the troubled organisation was placed into administration by the state government. The Newcastle Herald understands accounting firm PKF Lawler made the decision to refer the land council to the Independent Commission Against Corruption after discovering a number of irregularities during an audit of its financial statements. The results of the audit were recently presented to a meeting of Awabakal members. Administrator Terry Lawler did not respond when contacted by the Herald and a PKF Lawler spokesperson said it was unable to comment on the matter. Given the intricate web of company relationships that existed with at least one former board member it is not outside the realms of possibility that, if ICAC accepts this referral, then United Land Councils Limited (registered New Zealand) and United First Peoples Syndications Pty Ltd(registered Australia) might be interviewed. North Coast Voices readers will remember that on 15 August 2015 representatives of these two companied gave evidence before NSW Legislative Council General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 INQUIRY INTO CROWN LAND. This evidence included advocating for a Yamba mega port.

A Nationals musing: Word around the traps is that NSW Nats MP for Clarence Chris Gulaptis has been talking up the notion of cruise ships visiting the Clarence River estuary. Fair dinkum! That man can be guaranteed to run with any bad idea put to him. I'm sure one or more cruise ships moored in the main navigation channel on a regular basis for one, two or three days is something other regular river users will really welcome. *pause for appreciation of irony* The draft of the smallest of the smaller cruise vessels is 3 metres and it would only stay safely afloat in that channel. Even the Yamba-Iluka ferry has been known to get momentarily stuck in silt/sand from time to time in Yamba Bay and even a very small cruise ship wouldn't be able to safely enter and exit Iluka Bay. You can bet your bottom dollar operators of cruise lines would soon be calling for dredging at the approach to the river mouth - and you know how well that goes down with the local residents.

A local councils musing: Which Northern Rivers council is on a low-key NSW Office of Local Government watch list courtesy of feet dragging by a past general manager?

A serial pest musing: I'm sure the Clarence Valley was thrilled to find that a well-known fantasist is active once again in the wee small hours of the morning treading a well-worn path of accusations involving police, local business owners and others.

An investigative musing: Which NSW North Coast council is batting to have the longest running code of conduct complaint investigation on record?

A fun fact musing: An estimated 24,000 whales migrated along the NSW coastline in 2016 according to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the migration period is getting longer.

A which bank? musing: Despite a net profit last year of $9,227 million the Commonwealth Bank still insists on paying below Centrelink deeming rates interest on money held in Pensioner Security Accounts. One local wag says he’s waiting for the first bill from the bank charging him for the privilege of keeping his pension dollars at that bank.

A Daily Examiner musing: Just when you thought this newspaper could sink no lower under News Corp management, it continues to give column space to Andrew Bolt.

A thought to ponder musing: In case of bushfire or flood - do you have an emergency evacuation plan for the family pet?

An adoption musing: Every week on the NSW North Coast a number of cats and dogs find themselves without a home. If you want to do your bit and give one bundle of joy a new family, contact Happy Paws on 0419 404 766 or your local council pound.

North Coast Voices

Saturday, 17 February 2024

Tweet of the Week : he's simply unelectable

Best of Mark Humphries: public school funding

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Independent political comment is not pulling its punches in Australia 2022 WARNING: Coarse Language

Sunday, 7 November 2021

The unofficial 'List of Things Voters Call Australian Prime Minister Scott John Morrison' has now grown to 200 unique social media mentions

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

A word from the Australian Cartoonists Association.....

Sunday, 22 November 2020

Australian Political Cartoonist of the Year 2020

Saturday, 16 May 2020

Cartoons of the Week

Friday, 31 January 2020

Public art with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as its subject is popping up here and there

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