Behind the Lines

Next date: Saturday, 16 May 2026 | 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM

Behind the Lines 2025: 'Are We Rolling?' celebrates the year's best political cartoons.  

Featuring established and emerging cartoonists from across Australia, this exhibition highlights the significant contribution they make to cultural and political debates through witty, insightful and often poignant satirical drawings.  

The 2025 Behind the Lines theme is the cinema, acknowledging that, like some of our favourite movies, 2025 has been full of thrills and spills, romance and heartbreak, with plenty of unexpected plot twists. Australia's cartoonists and illustrators have tackled many of the issues that made news, including the federal election, the cost of living, energy policy, interest rates, housing security, the economy, climate change and stories from overseas.

 

Opening:  Friday 15 May 2026, from 5.30pm.

Exhibition from Friday, 15 May to Saturday, 18 July 2026.

 

Behind the Lines 2025 is a Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House travelling exhibition. 

 

When

Location

Gallery - Museum, Burnie Arts Centre, 77-79 Wilmot st, Burnie, 7320, View Map and directions