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Mark Knight cartoon, March 16, 2026

How war fuels federal budget fires

Political explosions flowing from Middle East conflict force Australia’s Treasurer into a metaphorical ‘budget bunker’ as fuel costs detonate economic pressure points in Mark Knight’s toon

Banksy's infamous shredded artwork, Love is in the Bin stunned art lovers when it was shredded in front of bidders immediately after the copy of Girl with Balloon was sold at auction. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Brit artist Banksy finally unmasked

The globally famous graffiti artist Banksy has been identified after allegedly taking one of Britain’s most common names to try to remain hidden from the art world after making millions by stealth

Vincent van Gogh's 'Self-portrait Autumn 1887 Paris' is coming to the National Gallery of Victoria. Max Mason checks for the genuine nature of the print-out. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Van Gogh coup for Melbourne

A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria sheds new light on famous artist Vincent van Gogh

Moreland, which includes Brunswick and Coburg, spends about $400,000 a year on graffiti management and recently identified more than 4300 instances of the scourge. A survey of residents found that 71 per cent agreed graffiti was vandalism and shouldn't be tolerated. Christina Cencic checks out the street art as she rests against a art painted traffic signal box, painted by Damian Cazaly cnr of Brunswick road and Lygon street Brunswick. Picture: David Caird

Eye spy graffiti, or is it art?

One Melbourne council wants to introduce a law to help decide when graffiti becomes public art

Amaze Spectrospective film festival. Kids encouraged to take their own films about Austism and enter for national screening. Kayla Sheridan (holding guitar), Jock (holding camera), Lloyd (holding didjeridoo) and Hayley. Supplied pic

Films put autism in focus

Spectrospective campaign is offering insight into what it’s like to live on the spectrum. VIDEO

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KIDS NEWS. UNICEF has launched an initiative âThe Gaza We Wantâ which gives a voice to the children of the Gaza strip. More than 11,000 children of Gaza have created artworks including paintings, poems and other forms of creative self expression to express the future they would like for their homeland. This painting is one example completed by a child taking part in the initiative. It speaks of hope in better times ahead - in a homeland where safety, peace and opportunity are freely available to all citizens. Picture: UNICEF

Gaza’s kids paint a brighter future

More than 11,000 children across Gaza have used the power of art to envisage a future of peace and safety, creating both beacons of hope for the future and blueprints to build better times ahead

Mark Knight cartoon Feb 25 2026

PM’s plan for multistate fast train

Successive Australian prime ministers have seen their high speed train hopes derailed but as Albo dusts off the dream, cartoonist Mark Knight is left wondering if the PM can jump-start his plan

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NT young entrepreneur Victoria Diaz, 8, started her app, BoredKidsClub, with a problem she and others her age knew well: boredom, February 19, 2026. Picture: Thomas McLean

Tiny entrepreneur’s boredom bid

Victoria Diaz dreams of buying a private jet to fly her family around, but first the eight-year-old entrepreneur must banish kids’ boredom – can her bright idea blow away the dullest of dull days?

Mark Knight cartoon Herald Sun publication date 19 Feb 2026- Victoria loses the Phillip Island MOTO GP to Adelaide

MotoGP banished instead of bikies

Record attendance last year and a $60 million boost to the region’s economy wasn’t enough to save Phillip Island’s MotoGP in Mark Knight’s spin on the Allan government’s biker bungle

Georges River Council will host the Lunar New Year festival at Hurstville on February 21, 2026.

Giddy up for the Year of the Horse

Join Asian-Australians celebrating Lunar New Year from February 17 as the rare Year of the Fire Horse brings special significance to family traditions and cultural unity – discover what it’s all about

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Mark Knight cartoon Friday 13th Feb 2026. Angus Taylor to challenge Sussan Ley for the Lib Leadership

Liberals fire up the leader barbie

Australia has a new Opposition Leader after the vote Friday morning, with Sussan Ley going down in flames drawn by Mark Knight as the Libs ‘throwing another leader on the barbie’

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Mark Knight cartoon Wednesday 4th Feb 2026. Today's RBA interest rate rise.

All aboard RBA runaway rate train

Award-winning Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight returns to Kid News with the Reserve Bank and Treasury clashing at the coalface of our economy as Aussies become nervous passengers

Society and Culture

Screengrabs from the Life in Australia series, commissioned by the Department of Immigration in the 1960s to attract migrants, restored in 4K by the National Film and Sound Archive. Picture: NFSA/YouTube

What was 1960s Australia like?

Remarkable footage showcasing life in Australia in the 1960s – used as a ‘marketing tool’ to attract more British migrants – has been restored in 4K – but does it really reflect the way we were?

KIDS NEWS WHAT'S ON WRAP. Australiaâs favourite Japanese magic bar, MAHO MAGIC BAR, will delight and astonish the whole family this summer with its family-friendly sessions, perfect to keep the kids entertained this school holidays. Picture: Jeff Busby

What’s on these summer holidays

The festive season is finally here and there’s plenty of magic happening across the country. Here are some of our favourite things to do and see in each state and territory across Australia

Mark Knight cartoon Mon 1 Dec 2025 Anthony Albanese and Josie Hayden's wedding

All’s fair in love and wagyu

Love struck twice in Canberra this past week in cartoonist Mark Knight’s take, as the Prime Minister tied the knot while Barnaby Joyce enjoyed a political date with One Nation’s Pauline Hanson

Mark Knight cartoon Thu 26 Nov 2025 Our higher power prices Bowen

Power price pledge unplugged

Do your parents stomp around switching off lights? Well, Mark Knight’s toon delivers this power point: energy costs are currently Australia’s biggest inflation driver despite election promises

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 25, 2025: News Corp Australia's Content Director Education and Lifestyle, Diana Jenkins, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with the Prime Minister's Spelling Bee, National Champions 2025, Elise Chittelborough Year 5-6 (Orange) (SA), Aditya Paul Year 7-8 (Red) (NSW), Echo Feng Year 3-4 (green) (ACT) and News Corp Australia's Community Ambassador, Penny Fowler at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

PM leaves Bee winners in stitches

The winners of this year’s PM Spelling Bee erupted in laughter when they met Anthony Albanese after he joked about spelling a certain political word. Find out which word it was

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Teen’s iPhone film gets top nod

Between homework and her fast-food job, meet the 16-year-old Australian teen who has made Australian film awards history with a scary movie she shot entirely on her smartphone

KIDS NEWS. UNICEF ambassador Emma McKeon, visited John Paul College in Brisbane to celebrate World ChildrenÃ¢â¬â¢s Day. Picture: UNICEF

Get loud on World Children’s Day

November 20 is World Children’s Day and UNICEF is inviting all Aussie kids to celebrate with ‘a Minute of Loudness’ about the things that matter most to them – so what matters most to you?

Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, November 11, 2025

Could federal fiasco flow to states

Fifty years since Australia’s most dramatic government crisis, Mark Knight’s Dismissal cartoon captures the cast of Whitlam’s sacking but also ponders if history could repeat in state politics