Cartoons from the year 1979.

February

• 13th, Dull, dull, dull.

    Keywords: Cricket, Malcolm Fraser, Don Bradman

March

• 8th, Carter attempts to bring peace to the Middle East.

    Keywords: Jimmy Carter, Middle East Conflict
• 14th, A lonely walk.

    Keywords: Jimmy Carter, Anwar el-Sadat, Menachem Begin, Camp David
• 16th, Seconds!

    Keywords: Kerry Packer, World Series Cricket, Cricket
• 23rd, Tatoo!

    Keywords: Sir James Killen, Defense, Fremantle Class Patrol Boast, Malcolm Fraser
• 28th, Riding the peace!

    Keywords: Jimmy Carter, Anwar el-Sadat, Menachem Begin
• 30th, Polls look bad for Callaghan.

    Keywords: James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher

April

• 21st, Watching the bottom line.

    Keywords: Australian Rules Football, Hawthorn Football Club
• 26th, The Belle Vue Hotel.

    Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, The Belle Vue Hotel

May

• 1st, A whole litre!

    Keywords: Oil, Motor Cars
• 3rd, Why change?

    Keywords: Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan

June

• 2nd, Injuries.

    Keywords: Australian Rules Football, North Melbourne Football Club
• 11th, The wings of change!

    Keywords: The Airline Industry, Female Pilots
• 13th, "The Duke" is dead.

    Keywords: John Wayne

July

• 7th, Fitness problems.

    Keywords: Australian Rules Football, North Melbourne Football Club
• 9th, Loud and clear!

    Keywords: Telecom, Industrial Relations, Skylab
• 31st, Ouch!

    Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Doug Lowe, Stingray

August

• 2nd, Government interference.

    Keywords: Australian Federal Government, Public Service, Public Service Unions
• 8th, Raids and equal opportunity.

    Keywords: Ansett Airlines, Sir Reginald Ansett, Women's Issues
• 15th, Fighting back!

    Keywords: Reginald Ansett, Rupert Murdoch, Ansett Airlines
• 18th, Injured Hawks.

    Keywords: Australian Rules Football, Hawthorn Football Club
• 22nd, It's a good life in the nursery!

    Keywords: John Howard, Australian Federal Budget

September

• 22nd, Watch out for those 'pies!

    Keywords: Australian Rules Football, Collingwood Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club

October

• 2nd, Stop.

    Keywords: Pope John Paul II, Jimmy Carter, Cuba
• 3rd, A new idea?

    Keywords: Pope John Paul II, Jimmy Carter, Cuba
• 9th, Foundations...

    Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Malcolm Fraser

November

• 1st, Two airlines.

    Keywords: Ansett Airlines, TAA
• 2nd, The future!

    Keywords: Superannuation, Paul Keating
• 12th, "Stop" or I'll yell "stop" again...

    Keywords: Iranian Hostage Crisis, Ronald Reagan
• 19th, Intelligence

    Keywords: Espionage, Anthony Blunt
• 23rd, Bite?

    Keywords: Tehran US Embassy Hostages, Ayatollah Khomeini
• 26th, A headache!

    Keywords: BHP, Australian Iron and Steel, Malcolm Fraser
• 27th, Action?

    Keywords: Iranian Hostage Crisis, United Nations
• 30th, Decision Time

    Keywords: Ayatollah Khomeini, Pope John Paul II

December

• 3rd, Ansett taken over.

    Keywords: Ansett Airlines, TNT, News Ltd, Sir Reginald Ansett
• 4th, State of the Unions

    Keywords: ACTU, Bob Hawke
• 11th, Trouble with spectators...

    Keywords: Cricket
• 13th, Bans on alcohol introduced at the MCG.

    Keywords: Cricket
• 14th, A change of career!

    Keywords: Ansett Airlines, TNT, News Limited
• 17th, Special delivery!

    Keywords: Iran, Ayottollah Khomeini, Tehran US Embassy Hostages

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