Vaccine mandates: Melbourne cartoonist Michael Leunig axed from prime spot at The Age. By Ben Graham.

Censored.

Newspaper cartoonist Michael Leunig has been axed from his prized position in The Age over an image comparing resistance to mandatory vaccination to the fight for democracy in Tiananmen Square.

In an image posted to his Instagram account, Leunig — whose career has spanned five decades — drew a lone protester standing in front of a loaded syringe, mimicking the iconic “tank man” image of protest in China. …

The image … never made it to print in The Age.

Nick Tabakoff:

Leunig now claims that he has had 12 cartoons censored this year, “all about Covid and/or Dan Andrews, with next to no explanation”. …

[The Age’s editor Gay Alcorn] confirmed she had censored a number of cartoons by Leunig this year: “I have pulled multiple cartoons by Leunig, almost entirely on the grounds that they expressed an anti-vaccination sentiment.

Don’t want to break the fragile spell Dan Andrews and the press have over Victoria — with a cartoon.