Alison Croggon, Author at Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/author/alison-croggon/ On politics, media, business, the environment and life Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:49:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?quality=70&w=32 Alison Croggon, Author at Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/author/alison-croggon/ 32 32 232040107 No, we shouldn’t mourn the axing of Leunig — it’s time to let go of toxic nostalgia https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-no/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michael-leunig-fired-axed-the-age-cartoonist-no/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:37:57 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173534 Michael Leunig (Image: Private Media/Zennie)'Like many of his generation, perhaps the most privileged in the history of the Western world, Leunig’s career inscribes an arc from anti-capitalist, individualistic politics to anti-woke warrior.'

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