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The campaign

 

After a drawn-out waiting period, the federal election was finally called in mid-October. For cartoonists, the campaign built on a range of issues that had been on the political agenda for most of the year, albeit intensified by an array of slick, highly staged media events and political spin.

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Only we can save you

Bill Leak — The Australian, 2007

Cartoon showing Kevin Rudd as Tin Tin, surfing a giant wave about to crash on a beach where John Howard and Peter Costello warn 'The end is nigh!' and 'Only we can save you from the terrible tsunami disaster about to destroy us all'.