Looking on the bright side, The Leunig Fragments film skips dark truths
- Written by Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia

The cartoonist’s task is to give voice to ideas and sentiments that are repressed in culture. For Michael Leunig, it was an odd poetic impulse – a strand of lyricism, which Australians probably never suspected they possessed – that gave rise to his iconic work. According to the National Trust, he is an Australian National...