Newspaper space for political cartoons is shrinking – but we need these artists as much as ever

By Richard Scully, Professor in Modern History, University of New England
Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University

It is a sad day for Australian cartooning when an artist as good as Fiona Katauskas has not had her contract renewed. But that is what has happened at the Guardian Australia.

Katauskas is among the top daily political cartoonists in the country, with her cheerful visual style beautifully in tension with her salty satirical commentary.

She is at the top…

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