Cartoons from the year 1983.

January

• 31st, Australian Made.

    Keywords: Pollution, Inflation, Unemployment

February

• 1st, That didn't help!

    Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, BHP, Unions, Cricket
• 2nd, Would this help?

    Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Unemployment
• 4th, Decisions, decisions...

    Keywords: Malcom Fraser, Bill Hayden, Bob Hawke
• 7th, So it's settled then?

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Bill Hayden, Malcolm Fraser, Labour Caucus
• 8th, The clock is ticking!

    Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Bill Hayden
• 10th, Cheap petrol anyone?

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Drought
• 11th, Oh the dust, the dust!

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Tammy Fraser, Drought
• 15th, At odds!

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Water Restrictions
• 18th, The Ash Wednesday fires.

    Keywords: Bush Fires, Ash Wednesday Fires

March

• 1st, Togetherness!

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard, Franklin River Dam
• 2nd, Soaked...

    Keywords: Drought, Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser
• 8th, Changing roles...

    Keywords: ACTU, Bob Hawke
• 11th, Portfolio anyone?

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Unemployment

April

• 11th, Looking for inspiration.

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Wages Accord, Moses
• 13th, The summit continues.

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Wages Accord, Unemployment
• 14th, Ah! By the way...

    Keywords: Bourke St Mall, Prince Charles, Lady Diana

May

• 26th, A case of nervousness.

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, John Cain, Tobacco

June

• 30th, Don't mention it!

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Deficit, Parliamentary Salaries, Council of Australian Governments'

July

• 4th, Not quite the right connector...

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Robin Gray, Electricity
• 5th, Franklin River Dam Stopped.

    Keywords: Franklin River Dam
• 7th, Knock knock!

    Keywords: Refugees, Bill Hayden, Bob Hawke, Franklin Dam
• 11th, Promises, promises...

    Keywords: Ralph Willis, Bob Hawke, Unemployment
• 14th, A hands on approach...

    Keywords: Bob Hawke

August

• 30th, Protests at Roxby Downs.

    Keywords: Uranium Mining, Australian Indigenous Peoples

September

• 17th, In the wet!

    Keywords: Australian Rules Football, AFL Park Waverly, VFL Park Waverly

October

• 17th, Taking a plunge!

    Keywords: The Caulfield Cup
• 20th, Pumpkin or Uranium?

    Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Flo Bjelke-Petersen, Flo's Pumpkin Scones
• 25th, The Beirut Barracks Bombing.

    Keywords: Lebanese Civil War, Beirut Barracks Bombing, United Nations, Hezbollah

November

• 1st, Picking a winner.

    Keywords: Ronald Reagan, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating
• 10th, Rebellion.

    Keywords: Yasser Arafat, Terrorism, Vulture
• 17th, Arguing over land...

    Keywords: Pine Gap, Ayers Rock
• 28th, Good time for a holiday?

    Keywords: Ronald Reagan, Space Shuttle, Soviet Union

December

• 8th, A misunderstanding?

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Mick Young
• 14th, No worries!

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Nuclear Weapons
• 16th, And the political weather is...

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Andrew Peacock
• 29th, A good year!

    Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Davis Cup, America's Cup

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