"I told you they had short memories" [drawn in the context of the Howard Government's 1996 Budget] [picture] /

Title devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 21 August 1996.; 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-vn3532577. At least twelve thousand Public Service jobs are to go in Treasurer Peter Costello's first Federal Budget. But it has all been tried before - as some of those lining up for government hand-outs might care to remember.--information provided by Geoff Pryor