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First Dog on the Moon

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First Dog on the Moon is Australia's only Walkley award-winning marsupial-based cartoonist and has done all sorts of things including books, radio, stage shows and a lot of lying down. Sign up for the First Dog on the Moon newsletter to get an email alert whenever a new cartoon is published

  • AnimalsVsReaderspixkie

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    Squirrels, curlews, redbacks?! True stories of creatures in our homes

    Guardian readers reveal their own tales of cross species cohabitation
  • NationaliseTheSupermarketspixie (1)

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    A Mamdaniesque state supermarket?! Anything that causes the duopoly to suffer is good for me

    I endorse this completely
  • CaptainDisappointmentpixkie

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    Is Anthony Albanese destined to be the most disappointing prime minister ever?

    How could this happen?
  • Fox and quoll pixie

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    Foxes are native animals?! Quolls are an invasive species? When did that happen?

    Many Australians are uninformed about our adorable native creatures. How could this be? I’ve been banging on about them for years!
  • BogongMothspixie

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    The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost

    Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
  • EndOfTrumppixie

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    Oh no Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unpopular! Surely it must all be over soon

    It’s so bad some Republicans are even turning against him – bit late guys but whatever
  • ElNinoStockpilingpixie

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    El Niño is supersizing! Are governments finally taking climate change seriously? No!

    Your government will NOT come to save you – we have to do that for each other now
  • AI doom cartoon pixie

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    I used to think AI would kill us all, until the techbro CEOs said AI will kill us all and now I’m not so sure

    Is AI going rogue the worst that could happen? Maybe not …
  • GreensForClimateChangepixie

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    YOU HAD ONE JOB THE GREENS POLITICAL PARTY! Climate change is destroying life and you exist to save it!

    It’s complicated and everyone is having a lot of feelings
  • AnimalsInYourHousepixkie

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    More and more animals are moving into our homes as theirs get chopped down and dug up

    The echidna in the pantry, the koala in the boudoir, the skink in the sink. All true!
  • AlgorithmsBooooopixkie (1)

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    They came for the algorithms and I said nothing – because my brain had been destroyed by doomscrollamine

    They’re going to do something good? Is this a joke?
  • WomenAreToBlamepxike

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    Teaching about respectful relationships in schools? How dare women!

    Matt Canavan reckons feminism and woke genderism push young men toward the manosphere
  • SwedishDeathClean2LivingWellpixie

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    How do you want to die?! And what to do in the meantime

    Some suggestions for living well
  • NepalClimateFloodpixie

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    A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change

    It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
  • NuclearTabletspixkie

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    Nuclear submarines in a major city? Sure why not!

    Fortunately there is an emergency plan even though everyone insists there will be no emergency
  • SwedishDeathCleanpixike

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    Tips for living well! Death comes for all of us – so what’s the best way to live in the meantime?

    Prioritise people and relationships. If you don’t you might die and nobody will know until months later. Gross!
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    Australia was famous for having no guns – what happened? Do we have a gun problem now?

    One guy in Sydney has 371 of them. Who needs 371 guns?
  • MoreFacialRecognitionpixie

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    Shoplifting crime wave?! Putting facial recognition technology everywhere will fix it

    Supermarkets Coles and Woolworths promise not to abuse this technology even though facial recognition algorithms have known biases
  • GriefAndBirdspixie

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    Bird flu is a huge disaster and it’s normal to find it distressing and sad. How can we deal with this grief?

    Firstly you can just grieve – it’s not your fault because you used a plastic straw that one time
  • EnglandsGreenAndPleasantpixkke

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    Making fun of the English is an Australian national pastime but the drought in Britain isn’t funny at all

    38C is hot by anyone’s standards
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