“Australian journalism has a strong tradition of allowing cartoonists the freedom to express their views. We allow political cartoonists to hold up a mirror to society using humour, pathos and caricature to capture the point they wish to make.
“I don’t always agree with Moir’s views, but I make no apology for them. In this country, cartoonists are free to express their views in this way - even when their subjects, sometimes famously, object.
“This is a freedom of speech denied cartoonists in many other parts of the world, where some have even paid with their lives for mocking the powers that be.”
http://www.smh.com.au/national/moir-cast-as-brutus-to-abbotts-popeye-20120131-1qr9z.html
(via jasonchatfield)