Johannes Leak is an editorial cartoonist for The Australian. He was the winner of the Bill Leak Cartoonist of the Year Award at the News Awards in 2021 and 2023. His portrait of Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price belongs to the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, while his portrait of former prime minister the Hon Tony Abbott hangs in Australian Parliament House, Canberra.
Explore political cartoons in Behind the Lines exhibitions online.
Your guide to the voting method we use in Australia.
Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
Hear audio descriptions of political cartoons from Behind the Lines exhibitions.
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.
