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First Dog on the Moon: if horses could talk
Croquembouche Lad has lost a couple of mates at the Melbourne Cup. He's not too happy about it
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First Dog on the Moon on ... The Melbourne Cup
It's First Dog on the Moon's handy Melbourne Cup sweep animals as entertainment form guide
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First Dog on the Moon on Australian immigration – cartoon
Too many asylum seekers on boats? Try the Australian solution. It works!
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First Dog on the Moon on ... Greg Hunt's leaked messages
First Dog: When Brenda the civil disobedience penguin stumbles across some naughty messages, what she learns could bring down the government
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First Dog on the Moon remembers his early work – video
First Dog on the Moon shares some of his early, unpublished work with the Guardian Australia multimedia team. There are curious teen pizzas and sea cucumbers with appalling habits, and of course, early renditions of the Dog himself
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First Dog on the Moon ... a racist carrot goes to Canberra
First Dog: When a carrot tries to enter parliament in a questionable outfit, he finds out the hard way who's allowed to be racist in the nation's capital
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First Dog on the Moon on Afghanistan – cartoon
International forces touted the Gizab's uprising against the Taliban as a success story of civil courage and a milestone in the decade-long war – but now the district is about to fall back under the control of the insurgents
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Mine-detecting rats: First Dog on the Moon talks through the cartoon – audio
First Dog on the Moon talks us through his cartoon on mine-detecting rats
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First Dog on the Moon on ... mine-fighting rats
The mine-detecting rats of Mozambique will save us all!
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First Dog on the Moon on Isis – cartoon
A US airdrop of arms to besieged Kurds in Kobani appears to have missed its target and ended up in the hands of Islamic State (Isis) militants
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First Dog on the Moon on the Ebola outbreak – cartoon
The Ebola outbreak continues in west Africa, but its effect on western countries is not as great as many in the media imply
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First Dog on the Moon on ... the Australian treasurer on British TV
Joe Hockey was asked by a BBC journalist about Australia's considerable carbon output. The truth is out there ...
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First Dog on the Moon on ... the story of Zainullah Naseri
Zainullah is a Hazara man who came to Australia from Afghanistan. He was forcibly sent back to the country he was desperate to escape
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In the studio with First Dog on the Moon: burqa madness – video
Guardian Australia's resident marsupial cartoonist First Dog on the Moon guides us through his process of coming up with the cartoons we know and love
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First Dog on the Moon on ... is life too hard?
It would be easy to surrender and slip under the waves – but each day brings its own battles, and there's work to be done
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First Dog on the Moon on ... how to beat Ebola
The west won't stop Ebola until a sufficiently large awareness-raising campaign is launched. It's time to infect a minor celebrity, says First Dog on the Moon
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First Dog on the Moon on ... the 'burqa' controversy
The government announced that visitors with 'face coverings' had to sit with schoolchildren if visiting parliament – and then backtracked. There's a word for that ...
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First Dog on the Moon on ... the end of animals
More than half of global wildlife populations have declined since 1970. Beware of the ghosts
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First Dog on the Moon on Isis – cartoon
President Barack Obama has said that US intelligence agencies underestimated Isis activity inside Syria, while overestimating the ability of the Iraqi army to fight such militant groups
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When children are assaulted on Nauru it is a matter for Australian law, whatever Scott Morrison says
Richard Ackland: The immigration minister’s fevered attempt to shred the rule of law is coming into conflict with legal norms that say states cannot abandon their responsibilitiesWhen children are assaulted on Nauru it is a matter for Australian law, whatever Scott Morrison says -
Julie Bishop doesn't find feminism useful? What do rightwing women want, anyway?Van Badham: Feminism is a broad church, but it has always been about the self-actualisation of women. So what’s the endgame for female politicians who are explicitly anti-feminist?
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I want the true law that brings peace and harmony: five questions for Dianne Biritjalawuy GondarraIndigenousX: I hope for real acknowledgement of Yolngu Rom (Law) so my people can be empowered in the same way as Balanda (mainstream Australians)
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'Feminism lite' is letting down the women who need it the mostAntony Loewenstein: I’ve hesitated to write about gender, worried that I’ll be slammed for daring to speak out. But we all benefit from gender equality, and therefore must give feminism some tough love
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Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in CanberraPaul Daley: Indigenous people who’ve participated in conflicts involving Australia are not about to win a specific monument on the grounds of the war memorial any time soon – a real shame
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Barry Spurr v New Matilda: the facts, the law and the porridgeBarry Spurr’s ‘whimsical games’ are set to go a lot further as his court action against New Matilda continues
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Australia's defining moments: a great conversation-starter for our entire nationPaul Daley: Tony Abbott sees the arrival of the first fleet as Australia’s defining moment. Other Australians disagree: they want it to be archaeological evidence of the first people 52,000 years ago
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Australia is on the road to a Tea party revolutionAntony Loewenstein: Shirtfronting, Islamaphobia and sweeping national security laws all point to a political culture that’s growing increasingly more extreme
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University fee hikes are a disaster for social mobility. The time for protest and escalation is nowVan Badham and Ben Eltham: Are Australian students not escalating protest because they don’t know how bad their situation will be? Perhaps they don’t realise how influential they can be
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Gadrian Hoosan: the land is the most important thing for Indigenous peopleIndigenousX: The government and mining companies need to know that we are going to fight to protect it, for future generations both black and white
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Is it possible to run a drone business with an ethical base?Antony Loewenstein: With a hugely expanding commercial market with potential clients in mining, infrastructure or even surf-life saving groups, the drone industry brings with it crucial ethical issues
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Depression and me: there are good and bad weeks, but walking with my shadow is becoming easierVan Badham: I was reluctant to try medication, and it once granted me much-needed relief from depression. But of course, there is no such thing as a ‘one size fit all’ approach to mental health
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Richard Ackland: Victoria, Queensland and the Commonwealth have decided to dish out the letters patent and appoint Queen’s counsel again. It’s a cringe worthy of our current monarchist momentCounsel to whom? Australian barristers run back to the Elizabethan bosom
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Richard Ackland: Muslim women wearing the niqab or burqa were to be made to sit in a glass enclosure in Australia’s parliament house. That’s the latest episode in two months of anti-terror theatreAustralia's plan to segregate Muslim women in parliament: we are gripped by 'security' madness
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Instant Islamists, instant threats, and instant experts. We're caught in a sudden terror panicAntony Loewenstein: The young converts who join Isis are inexperienced in the complexities of Islam; so are the instant experts and reporters who write about them. We learn about faith by taking time
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David Cameron must focus on Britain’s interests, not on those of EuroscepticsDouglas Alexander and Ed Balls: This Brussels meeting is real test for Tory ministers: they must secure a coalition of countries and a fairer deal for Britain
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The RSPCA should not be allowed to kill catsPhilip Hoare: There’s a worrying blur between lobbying and enforcement that’s at its most extreme with animals: police should enforce law, not charities
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Listen to sex workers – we can explain what decriminalisation would meanNiki Adams: If progress is to be made now an amendment to the modern slavery bill has been defeated, MPs must invite us into the discussion
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Europe’s new left parties can make the dreams of 1968 come trueSrecko Horvat: For Syriza in Greece, Podemos in Spain or Slovenia’s United Left, power is a real possibility: if they survive the long march through the institutions
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Jessica Valenti: Record numbers don’t matter if the party is still targeting women’s rights – and if elected women are still throwing their own gender under the bus2014 was an election of firsts for Republican women. But it wasn't a 'win' for women at all
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Yes there is misogyny among gay men – but our sexist world is the problemPatrick Strudwick: Rose McGowan is right that the gay rights movement has tended to ignore women. But sexism is everywhere – the bulk of the hate comes from heterosexuals
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Do you prefer the arts to football?
Melvyn Bragg has said that more people are involved with the arts than that watch the Premier League, and urged the BBC to put on more arts programming. Do you agree?
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What do you tell your father when he's ready to die? Dignity shouldn't be illegalBrian Smith: Brittany Maynard’s heroic choice is exactly the kind my family should have had. And that’s exactly why we need assisted dying laws across the world – so our loved ones can truly rest in peace
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Anne Perkins: Medical staff are used to their resources being endlessly eroded – no wonder they resist change that seems to put money before patientsThe real reason doctors are being instructed in the ethics of waste
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Lord Falconer and Giles Fraser clash on the assisted dying bill – video
Lord Falconer argues that the bill would relieve enormous suffering while Giles Fraser says he has a 'tin ear to the complexity' of the matter
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Remembrance Sunday should not be dominated by religionDan Snow: The lack of a secular presence at the Cenotaph could diminish its importance for modern Britons – and they could forget
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We know how to eradicate tax abuse. So why aren’t businesses doing it?Richard Murphy: Executives claim they’re acting in shareholders’ interests, yet aggressive avoidance harms a company and all its stakeholders
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Seumas Milne: The crisis is polarising politics from Ireland to Spain, and Labour will sink unless it offers a real alternativeThe centre cannot hold under austerity, in Britain or Europe
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Australian immigration: First Dog talks through the cartoon – audio
Too many asylum seekers? Try the Australian solution. It works!
See the main cartoon here
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Greg Hunt's leaked messages: First Dog talks through the cartoon – audio
When Brenda the civil disobedience penguin stumbles across some naughty messages, what she learns could bring down the government
Dear Bill Shorten: you're the opposition leader, not me. It's time to drop your soft bipartisanship
Lez miserable: I came out in a country town, and everything changed in an instant
Australia's racist constitution is a stain on our country. Do we care enough to change it?
If Gough Whitlam was a saint at home, he was often a sinner abroad
Aboriginal people must not negotiate with politicians who assault their land rights
Republicans didn't win as big as you think they did. And Obama didn't lose