The year 2010 has been one of the most surprising, unpredictable and turbulent in Australian politics. It has provided political cartoonists with a plethora of opportunities.
Behind the Lines 2010: The Year's Best Cartoons was a touring exhibition developed by the National Museum of Australia in association with the Museum of Australian Democracy. It was on show at the Northern Territory Library, Darwin in 2011.
Explore 2010 cartoons
Key figures
- The Hon Kevin Rudd MP: Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Prime Minister of Australia
- Penny Wong MP: former Minister for Climate Change and Water
- Tony Abbott MP: Leader of the Opposition
- The Hon Wayne Swan MP: Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, former Treasurer of the Australian Government
- The Hon Julia Gillard MP: Prime Minister of Australia, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
- The Hon Joe Hockey MP: Shadow Treasurer, Australia
- Dr Ken Henry AC: Secretary to the Treasury
- The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP: former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Australia
- Kristina Keneally MP: New South Wales Premier
- Anna Bligh MP: Premier of Queensland
- The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP: Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Australia
- Kerry O'Brien, journalist
- Therese Rein: wife of Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia
- Paul Keating: former Prime Minister of Australia
- Bob Hawke AC: former Prime Minister of Australia
- Kim Beazley AC: former Australian Labor Party Leader
- The Hon Simon Crean MP: former Australian Labor Party Leader
- Graham Richardson: former politician for the Australian Labor Party
- Senator the Hon Mark Arbib
- John Howard AC: former Prime Minister of Australia
- Janette Howard: wife of John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia
- George W Bush: former President of the United States of America
- The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP: former Leader of the Opposition, Australia
- Senator the Hon Dr Bob Brown: Leader of the Greens
- Senator the Hon Barnaby Joyce
- Pauline Hanson: former Leader of One Nation Party
- The Hon Bob Katter MP: Independent
- Mark Latham: former Leader of the Australian Labor Party
- The Hon Adam Bandt MP
- The Hon Rob Oakeshott MP: Independent
- The Hon Tony Windsor MP: Independent
- The Hon Stephen Conroy MP: Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- Senator the Hon John Faulkner: Minister for Defence, Australia
Explore more of the exhibition
Introduction to 2010 cartoons
A reflection on 2010 as seen through the cartoons included in Behind the Lines.
About the artists
Read brief biographies of the artists whose work features in the exhibition.
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