Political Cartoons: What do they mean? by Miss Shirley https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons en-us 2016-06-09 12:34:40 UTC 2025-10-07 11:15:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564438 2016-06-14 04:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564438 https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564644 In October of 2014, the media states that Tony Abbott has come out and stated that he does not support the burqa and admitted he finds it confronting. What he says is quite ironic considering what he is wearing. The cartoonist finds it cynical and has decided to mock Tony; This is also seen in his facial features which make him identifiable, by his ears and nose. What Tony is wearing is an iconic outfit he is seen wearing in satirical cartoons and sketches. The statement that was said in the cartoon, was actually quoted. The woman in the cartoon is very covered up, whilst Tony is very bare and showing a lot of skin. The statement is discriminatory and otherwise seen as racism, as he associates the burqua with terrorism.
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]]> 2016-06-14 04:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564644 Kevin Raad, https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564666 This post is showing how technology and how a simple game of tip/tag in  the near future could not be a physical running  game but a game that is n a phone. the way how the kid is speaking using a @ and a # to speak to someone  who is right next to him. ]]> 2016-06-14 04:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564666 https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564706 2016-06-14 04:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564706 Madeline Smith... https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564735 I believe this cartoon expresses the views of the public, but more specifically, the view of Tony Abbot and how he sees himself. As an Australian leader, he is taken as a joke (due to the Joker's outfit) where, he looks into his own reflection and sees himself as a king,  or how the leaders are represented in England (as kings), where he looks through an English mirror, represented by the symbol on top of the mirror.]]> 2016-06-14 04:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564735 This post is showing us how technology is taking over us and how kids these days are always on their phones. A game of tip is meant to be a fun game where you run around and try to catch up to your friends and tag them so they are in. However in this post the cartoonist is showing us that they are just using their phones to play a game of tip. This is exaggerated as i don't think that i have ever seen kids playing tip on their phones in a playground. The point that he is getting across is that children are always using technology.    https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564738


]]> 2016-06-14 04:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564738 Tony, Julia and Konrad https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564756 This cartoon shows how Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard would make a word, yet they would find away around it. Tony states that he would not "demonise" the terrorists, however the picture he refers to shows foreign people that he demonises. In the cartoonists opinion Tony and Julia are people that seem soft from what they say, but really use their word as a way to engage the audience for support.

I do not mind this cartoon, as i have no interest in politics.]]> 2016-06-14 04:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564756 Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564785 This cartoon is an example of a Horatian satire but also has a part Juvenalian as it also comments on a serious issue of the world 'Politics'. The scene has two people walking on the street talking about who they are going to choose in the election. The guy says that he will choose for the one who he can trust but the irony is that both the contestants are 'Wanted' for their apparent crimes.

By - Angad]]> 2016-06-14 04:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564785 Middle East Policy - Arun https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564791 This cartoon is showing the difference between how President Barack Obama and Donald Trump view the Middle East. Obama wants to help the middle east and tries to resolve the conflict calmly. He knows that it is going to be hard but he continues to do it. Donald Trump however wants to demolish the idea of a policy and wants to focus on just the country he is living in and nothing else. The rubix cube symbolizes the policy. Obama wants to solve it unlike Trump who doesn't want anything to do with it so he just destroys it.]]> 2016-06-14 04:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564791 I found that this cartoon is expressing to its audience, of Australia that Tony Abbott is a fool that thinks he is a king. This cartoon was made of him, because he decided to bring Knighting into Australia. Many people saw this as a stupid and unnecessary thing to do, as we do not need it. The mirror was a great way to show us our view vs his view of himself. He was dressed as a king, because England is commonly known for Knighting people, whereas we aren't.   https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564803 - Rachel]]> 2016-06-14 04:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564803 Paragraph by Rowan https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564813 This cartoon of Julia Gillard and a Homeless person on the street shows us that Julia Gillard is begging for the people on the street to vote for her for the next election]]> 2016-06-14 04:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564813 Asylum Seekers and "Kevin Rudd getting money?" BY OJAS BHANDARI bhandariojas https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564825 This photo represents how asylum seekers are being told to leave the country and go anywhere else.

By Ojas Bhandari. ]]> 2016-06-14 04:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564825 Paragraph by Aidan https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564828 This photo of people overusing phones in this cartoon shows that one of the worst problems in the world -- using phones.
The main purpose of the cartoon is to persuade people stop using phones and start doing some actual physical communication and activities. In this cartoon, it shows the anger towards people who are overusing phones, the way how they turned their back to each other also shows that they are trapped in their own world.]]> 2016-06-14 04:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564828 Cartoon - Morgan https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564867 The cartoon is talking about refuges coming into Australia and being rejected by the government. The cartoonist uses the story of Jesus to tell the story of the refuges being rejected to enter the country and being sent to other country for refuge. The Cartoonist is trying to address the problem of refugees -]]> 2016-06-14 04:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114564867 The Image Explores the birth of Jesusn Christ and the way the mum travel to get to the stables but using the map of Australia. The Quotes “A Baby” is referring to Jesus “The Inn” is referring to the travel of Jesus and “The Stable” is referring to the birth place of Jesus Christ. Its also is talking about the refuges coming into Australia but being rejected by the government.         https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565094 By Kagan Karacete]]> 2016-06-14 04:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565094 This cartoon is excellent in achieving the message that is being portrayed here, the evolution of technology taking over the world and stealing childhood from children. The natural background that the children are standing in also emotionally appeals to the audience, it relates to them as the cartoonist is trying to contrast everyone’s childhoods with this image of childhood in the current generation. Overall a very effective and moving cartoon greatly reflecting on its greater definition.  https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565158 By Shreya Bhatia 

]]> 2016-06-14 04:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565158 by Shivraj Rana https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565171 The cartoon with Trump and Obama thinking about how to solve the rubix cube with the names of different Middle Eastern countries represents the different policies of different leaders on the Middle East. Obama is seen contemplating and thinking about how to solve the cube whereas Trump is seen smashing it into little pieces. This shows the cartoonist’s negative views on Trump as they believe he is inadequate to deal with worldly situations and cannot be president.   rv�V���,�

]]> 2016-06-14 04:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565171 Amaya Jayasekera, https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565206 Through the illustrations of the cartoon, viewers are able to conclude that the cartoonist believes that children are highly influenced by mobile phones, unable to even able to play a simple game. The artist conveys to viewers that due to the effect on technology there is a loss of communication through people. Technology is a major distraction; leading people to become so lazy, to not even speak words to one another, even being in the same space. Specific details which lead me to this belief is due to the children standing all together, slightly spread and instead of playing their game of tag, running around and playing, the children stand still and text each other using their mobile devices instead of talking to one another instead of talking. ]]> 2016-06-14 04:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565206 Michael Growden https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565207 This carton exaggerates Tony Abbot’s ears and Julia Gillard’s nose by making it a lot bigger then it is in reality, here we can see tony abbot saying awful things about Muslims and that every Muslim is a “queue-jumping terrorist bastards” even thought it could be just a normal friendly Muslim family. I believe that this cartoon shows how some Australians may use these stereotypical words to describe Muslims. Julia Gillard is seen here copying Tony to see if she can engage the audience in the same way Tony has. MG



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]]> 2016-06-14 04:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565207 An Australian Christmas Storyby Ben https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565228 My cartoon is interpreted as referring to the event when refugees illegally enter Australia from surrounding countries because they want to have a better life. This is referring to the recent events of refugees trying to enter Australia. This carton is based the birth of Jesus Christ and saying how his journey is relevant to the one’s that refugees got through every day in order to have a better life and also by saying how that Jesus Christ was a miracle and by how it is a miracle for the refugees when they leave their country. Where Papua New Guinea is situated on the map it says “The Stable” to where the refugees were born, the boat is referred to as “The Baby” because it is based on the birth of Jesus and he was taken from the stable to the inn. In this cartoon Australia is referred to as “The Inn” because it is where baby Jesus ended up and how this is relevant to the path of the illegal immigrants who enter Australia.


]]> 2016-06-14 04:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565228 Ruby https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565250 This cartoon is referring to the difference between president Obama and Donald Trump view the Middle East.President Obama want to help the Middle East while Donald Trump is the completely opposite.The rubix cube symbolize the policy.President Obama is trying to solve the cube as he would like to help with the policy while Donald Trump don’t want to do anything so he destroy it .

 
]]> 2016-06-14 04:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565250 Asylum Seekers and Kevin Rudd https://padlet.com/mjshirley123/PoliticalCartoons/wish/114565426  
Asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat are to be resettled in Papua New Guinea. As seen in the picture, Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd is shown counting a bundle of money, standing next to the prime minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O’Niel. The two men are standing below a large sign which reads out what would be on a monopoly Chance Card, only to have a few words and lines altered, like “Do not pass go, Do not seek Asylum in Australia”. This reflects back to 2013, when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that asylum seekers who arrive by boat will have no chance of being settled in Australia as refugees. This was confirmed by the Former Prime minster of Australia, that a deal that asylum seekers will be sent to Papua New Guinea for Assessment. They would then be resettled in Papua New Guinea if they were found to be refugees. The image reflects on Rudd’s judgement as a negative move as they portray Kevin Rudd Naming Papua New Guinea as ‘Hell’ while counting a bundle of Money

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