Pollies on Polls….or should it be poles….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNTJA_5atIw

The animation seen in the above link is by Andrew Fyfe, a popular cartoonist who those old enough to remember will be familiar with his quick carton sketches on Hey Hey it’s Saturday.

                            

He has several of these brilliant clips as well as some really funny cartoon caricatures on his website, it is well worth a visit.

There appears to be a bias towards the Liberal Party in his clips though, however this may very well be just because the Labour Party currently holds government, and cartoonists generally tend to design their cartoons around current political activity.  He did however make light of Ted Baillieu’s back flips in the Victorian Liberal Party, so Andrew may very well focus on Tony and his cabinet when (if?) they come to power.

In this clip, the ever recognisable Tony in his red budgie smugglers gyrating away on a dance pole with women clutching fistfuls of Aussie Dollars, whilst Julia slides down her pole with a bump asking Wayne to show her his surplus, only he doesn’t have one.

The fact that Tony is surrounded by a throng of women shouting “I love you Tony” goes against his misogynistic image, and the comment by one of “take off your carbon tax” was a nice little pun.  The imagery of Wayne looking forlorn with the fact that he doesn’t have a surplus is indicative of the current situation.

Andrew’s other animations based on Australian politics include Julia’s recent visit to Rooty Hill where she is jamming with some of her cabinet, Kevin Rudd about to announce a challenge on St. Patrick’s Day 2013, only to be censored by Stephen Conroy under the guise of media regulation and Julia losing ministers as a Biggest Loser contestant.

Clip courtesy of Andrew Fyfe from his website: http://www.andrewfyfe.com.au