{"product_id":"best-australian-political-cartoons-2022","title":"Best Australian Political Cartoons 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twentieth-anniversary edition of this much-loved annual collection brings you the last year in politics, as observed by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2022: the year we slapped ourselves on the back for a job well done, and put the last few awful years behind us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, maybe not. High vaccination rates liberated us from the grind of COVID lockdowns, but not from the virus’s uncontrolled spread and continuing high — if largely ignored — death rates. Spared fires, at least, it was the turn of flooding rains to stress-test our resilience, destroying lives and livelihoods in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Russian invasion of Ukraine reminded us that history — and geopolitics — was well and truly alive, And in our backyard, the regular amping-up of the China threat threw the Anglo band back together in AUKUS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf all that wasn’t bad enough, we had the grinding tedium of a six-week ideas-free election campaign between a clamorous but intellectually torpid incumbent and a timid, risk-averse opposition. Clive’s liberation yellow was everywhere, but it was the colour teal and a bunch of smart, thoughtful women who emerged from the Liberal heartlands, demanding integrity in government and action on climate, that most freaked out the Coalition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was all enough to make you want to head for a well-deserved holiday in Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing Australia’s finest cartoonists, including Alston, Broelman, Dyson, First Dog, Golding, Katauskas, Knight, Kudelka, Leak, Moir, Pope, Rowe, Wilcox, and more …\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Russ Radcliffe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46719756599465,"sku":"9781922585462","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781922585462.jpg?v=1767843761","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/best-australian-political-cartoons-2022","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}