Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

Peter Broelman

Peter Broelman is a former president of the Australian Cartoonists Association whose nationally syndicated cartoons appear in a wide range of publications, including The Canberra Times, The Advertiser, The Courier Mail, The Geelong Advertiser and Sunraysia Daily. He has won three Stanley Awards for his editorial cartoons (2004, 2005 and 2009) and has twice been named Gold Stanley Cartoonist of the Year (2005 and 2009).

Works also displayed at Behind the Lines 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Lidia Thorpe and Pauline Hanson angrily point at one another, each saying 'I'm voting no because of her!'

The Noes Have It

Peter Broelman, The Echidna, 20 June 2023

David Littleproud sits behind a 'Nats' sign in a paddock, holding a long paper list which flows around him across the land. A farmer asks, 'So what did you do for the bush over the past nine years?'

National Enquirer

Peter Broelman, The Echidna, 3 March 2023

Eight panels with Scott Morrison acting in a different job in each. Text reads, 'I don't see a problem with these secret appointments'.

Jobs for the Boy

Peter Broelman, The Advertiser, 17 August 2022

Scott Morrison sits next to Barnaby Joyce at the 'Backbench Bar'. In response to Morrison crying, Joyce says, 'I don't hold a tissue, mate'.

Tissue Issue

Peter Broelman, The Advertiser, 31 May 2022

Motorists in a car are being asked by a politician whether they want their car filled up. The 'Budget 2022' petrol bowser drills into the ground. Underneath the ground is 'DEBT'.

Drilling for Debt

Peter Broelman, The Chronicle (Toowoomba), 26 March 2022

Scott Morrison sits behind a desk asking, 'How's it all going?' Behind him is a trophy with the gender symbol for women, the inscription reads, 'I stopped these'. An advisor briefs a litany of bureaucratic delays into an inquiry.

Inquiring Minds

Peter Broelman, The Canberra Times, 26 March 2021

Parliament House is surrounded by a bubble in the shape of the gender symbol for men, a circle with an arrow pointing diagonally up to the right.

The Canberra Bubble

Peter Broelman, The Canberra Times, 1 March 2021

A mother sits in front of a TV. Her child walks in the door. She says, 'What are you doing home? Scott Morrison said you should be at school'. Child responds, 'We were gonna study democracy but some goose suspended parliament'.

Parliament Dropout

Peter Broelman, The Advertiser, 16 April 2020

Two people face away from a large black wave called 'Climate change'. They look at a graph and say, 'Oh good. We're flattening the curve!'

Flattening, Flattening

Peter Broelman, The Canberra Times, 14 April 2020