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St Kevin

The elevation of Kevin Rudd to the Labor leadership in 2006 saw cartoonists portraying him as both sinner and saint. His initial dream run in the polls favoured the saintly metaphor. However his visit to a New York strip club revealed a different side of his personality to the Australian public.

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Oh, sugar

Andrew Dyson — The Age, 2007

Cartoon of two construction workers sitting on a beam high up on a building site as Kevin Rudd, dressed as a preacher, approaches.



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