[John Howard, draped in the Australian flag, is hit in the eye by the 1995 security treaty between Indonesia and Australia] [picture] /

Title devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 17 December 1995.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3523602. A 'headland' speech by Opposition Leader John Howard, intended to outline his views on 'national identity', turns into a diatribe against the Keating Givernment for its apparent preoccupation with the Asian and Pacific region. Howard's thunder is somewhat muted by the surprise announcement by the Government of a defence security agreement between Australia an Indonesia.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor