One person’s multi-award-winning doodler could be an infidel

The Pedestrian website belittles The Australian’s cartoonist Bill Leak:

It’s been revealed the paper is facing another challenger to the doodler-in-chief, from none other than the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Roger Coombs in The Daily Telegraph, November 29, 2008:

Bill Leak is widely regarded by good judges as the best painter never to have won the Archibald Prize, an omission many regard as one of the greatest travesties of Australian art.

Not too shabby for a doodler — The Australian, June 11, lists some of Leak’s awards:

He has won nine Walkley Awards, 19 Stanley Awards and two News Awards.

The new conservatism of Western progressives is killing humour, ­according to Leak:

The keyboard warriors of the ­humourless Left could learn a thing or two from that old prankster, (Iranian leader) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who said: “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be ­serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humour in Islam. There is no fun in Islam.” And he wasn’t joking.

Tolerance, LGBTI-style, The Weekend Australian, Saturday:

Adelaide’s gay and lesbian community Feast Festival appears to have purged all heterosexual workers and board members from the organisation as it prepares for its 20th anniversary opening night party ... It is believed two heterosexual workers have resigned from the festival’s small office since straight general manager Cassandra Liebeknecht was suspended in September.

Conceding defeat, Canberra Liberals leader Jeremy Hanson in The Canberra Times at the weekend:

It is likely now that it will be a continuation of a Labor and Greens coalition in Canberra.

The ABC online yesterday:

As the sun sets on another ACT election, the mood of the Canberra Liberals can only be described as one of exasperation ... The Liberals also ­believe they ran an earnest campaign: principled opposition to light rail backed up by a positive agenda in health and education ... Some Liberals think it might just be the electorate: Canberra is known as a left-leaning town for a reason.

The ABC went on to report ACT Labor leader Andrew Barr claiming the win as a victory for light rail:

Surrounded by Labor Party supporters chanting “build the tram”, Mr Barr said “we can confidently say that Canberra has voted for light rail”.

The project became the single largest issue of the campaign, with Labor and the Greens pledging to continue construction ... a move that will be strengthened by the possible return of the Labor-Greens coalition.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Labor’s Chris Bowen’s ­appearance on Q&A in July:

Chris Bowen rubbished any possible collaboration (with the Greens) ... in a terse exchange with Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. In response to a questioner who asked if Labor should “stop being so bloody-minded” and “join hands” with the Greens, with whom they share ideological similarities, Bowen said he did not agree ... “We said before the election, it was a firm commitment, no deals, concessions, agreements with any minor party” ... as Hanson-Young laughed incredulously.