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POLITICAL CARTOONS

Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.

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Visitors looking at the framed cartoons on the walls

STORIES

Indigenous women artists: Leah King-Smith and Andrea Fisher

Indigenous women artists: Leah King-Smith and Andrea Fisher

A spotlight on the work of two Indigenous artists.

The one that got away: the last time a government lost a vote in the House of Representatives

The one that got away: the last time a government lost a vote in the House of Representatives

How a majority government can lose a vote in the House of Representatives.

A perfect picture of the statesman: John Christian Watson

A perfect picture of the statesman: John Christian Watson

What made the Watson government notable?

Driving Mr Menzies

Driving Mr Menzies

Journalist Paul Daley shares the story of Alfred Stafford.

Just add unicorns: celebratory coronation arches from London to Canberra

Just add unicorns: celebratory coronation arches from London to Canberra