Michael Leunig

In recent years he has focused mainly on political commentary sometimes substituting his simple drawings with reproduced photographic images with speech balloons attached. He demanded the cartoons be withdrawn which the newspaper did and also apologised to him. The main outlet for Leunig's work has been the daily Fairfax press The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (Melbourne) newspapers publiMichael Leunigd in Australia.

Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945) typically referred to as Leunig is an Australian poet cartoonist and cultural commentator. He was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1999.