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Michael Leunig

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Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945), typically referred to as Leunig (his signature on his cartoons), is an Australian cartoonist, poet and cultural commentator. [1]

54 relations: Ahmed Yassin, Americanization, Ariel Sharon, Australia Day, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Bettina Arndt, Billy the Rabbit, Byron Bay Writers Festival, Cartoonist, Christmas, Conscientious objector, East Melbourne, Victoria, Fairfax Media, Footscray, Victoria, Gaza Strip, Gaza War (2008–09), George W. Bush, Guy Fawkes Night, Gyan Evans, Hamshahri, Ink, Israel Defense Forces, John Howard, Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Lot's Wife (student newspaper), Maribyrnong College, Mary Leunig, Media Watch (TV program), Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne Writers Festival, Metrosideros leunigii, Monash University, Nation Review, National Library of Australia, National Living Treasure (Australia), National Trust of Australia, New South Wales, Newsday, OZ (magazine), Swinburne University of Technology, Sydney Opera House, The Age, The Chaser (newspaper), The Digger (alternative magazine), The Sydney Morning Herald, Trams in Melbourne, Valentine's Day, Victoria (Australia), Vietnam War, War on Terror, ..., Woman's Day, 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Expand index (4 more) »

Ahmed Yassin

Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (1937 – 22 March 2004) (الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين) was a Palestinian imam and politician.

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Americanization

In countries outside the United States of America, Americanization or Americanisation is the influence American culture and business have on other countries, such as their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, technology, or political techniques.

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Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon (אריאל שרון;,, also known by his diminutive Arik, אַריק, born Ariel Scheinermann, אריאל שיינרמן‎; February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.

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Australia Day

Australia Day is the official national day of Australia.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Bettina Arndt

Bettina Arndt (born 1 August 1949) is an Australian sex therapist, journalist and clinical psychologist.

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Billy the Rabbit

Billy The Rabbit is an album released by Gyan and Michael Leunig in 2006.

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Byron Bay Writers Festival

The Byron Bay Writers Festival is a literary event taking place annually in Byron Bay, New South Wales.

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Cartoonist

A cartoonist (also comic strip creator) is a visual artist who specializes in drawing cartoons.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,Martindale, Cyril Charles.

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Conscientious objector

A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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East Melbourne, Victoria

East Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 2 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited (formerly John Fairfax and Sons) is one of the largest media companies in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

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Footscray, Victoria

Footscray is an inner-western suburb (neighbourhood) of Melbourne, Australia, 5 km from Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Gaza Strip

The Gaza Strip (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". قطاع غزة), or simply Gaza, is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for and Israel on the east and north along a border.

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Gaza War (2008–09)

The Gaza War, also known as Operation Cast Lead, also known as the Gaza Massacre and the Battle of al-Furqan by Hamas, Secondary source, Abdul-Hameed al-Kayyali, Studies on the Israeli Aggression on Gaza Strip: Cast Lead Operation / Al-Furqan Battle, 2009 was a three-week armed conflict between Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Israel that began on 27 December 2008 and ended on 18 January 2009 in a unilateral ceasefire.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain.

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Gyan Evans

Gyan Evans (born ca. 1960, Geelong), who performs as Gyan is an Australian singer-songwriter and record producer.

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Hamshahri

Hamshahri (همشهری, "Fellow citizen") is a major national Iranian Persian-language newspaper.

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Ink

Ink is a liquid or paste that contains pigments or dyes and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design.

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Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit. "The Army of Defense for Israel"; جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي), commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal, are the military forces of the State of Israel.

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John Howard

John Winston Howard, (born 26 July 1939) is a former Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2007.

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Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis) (Danish: Muhammedkrisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam.

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Lot's Wife (student newspaper)

Lot's Wife is the student newspaper of Monash University's Clayton campus.

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Maribyrnong College

Maribyrnong College (AKA Maribyrnong Secondary College) and formerly Maribyrnong High School is a Victorian Government Secondary School in Maribyrnong in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne.

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Mary Leunig

Mary Leunig (born 1950) is an Australian visual artist who has had work featured in such publications as The Age, Meanjin, Nation Review, Heat Magazine, AWU Magazine, Time, Penthouse, Der Rabe, and The Meatworkers Journal.

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Media Watch (TV program)

Media Watch is an Australian media analysis television program currently presented by Paul Barry for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Melbourne Showgrounds

Melbourne Showgrounds is located in the inner north-western suburb of Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, next door to Flemington Racecourse.

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Melbourne Writers Festival

Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) is an annual, ten-day literary festival held in the Australian city of Melbourne, a UNESCO City of Literature.

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Metrosideros leunigii

Metrosideros leunigii is the oldest described fossil species of the flowering plant genus Metrosideros (Family Myrtaceae), named from fossil flowers and fruits uncovered from the Oligocene (approx. 30 Million years) aged Little Rapid River deposit in Tasmania, Australia, as well as leaves from this deposit and identical leaves from the Eocene aged Hasties deposit, also in Tasmania.

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Monash University

Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Nation Review

Nation Review was an Australian Sunday newspaper, which ceased publication in 1981.

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National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people." In 2012–13, the National Library collection comprised 6,496,772 items, and an additional of manuscript material.

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National Living Treasure (Australia)

National Living Treasure is a status created and occasionally updated by the National Trust of Australia's New South Wales branch, awarded to up to 100 living people.

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National Trust of Australia

The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's indigenous, natural and historic heritage.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Newsday

Newsday is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.

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OZ (magazine)

OZ was an underground alternative magazine.

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Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne University of Technology (often simply called Swinburne) is an Australian public university based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Chaser (newspaper)

The Chaser was a fortnightly satirical newspaper, published in Australia from 1999 to 2005.

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The Digger (alternative magazine)

The Digger was an alternative magazine published in Australia between 1972 and 1975.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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Trams in Melbourne

Trams are a major form of public transport in Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia.

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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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War on Terror

The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001.

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Woman's Day

Woman's Day is an American women's magazine that covers such topics as homemaking, food, nutrition, physical fitness, physical attractiveness, and fashion.

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2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War (also called Operation Iraqi Freedom).

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2006 Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006.

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2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on 15 March 2006 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leunig

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