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Department of Australia

Department of Australia

Department of Australia

Oct 31, 2014

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  — Department of Australia

Department of Australia @deptofaustralia

Leslie Nassar created Department of Australia (Hand-crafted, artisanal satire made from the finest Google image searches) in 2014. He was at times a games developer, a producer, a photographer, and a writer. In 2009, he was fired from Telstra for maintaining the Fake Stephen Conroy Twitter account. He occasionally appears on ABC TV’s Insiders with Mike Bowers and Talking pictures. In addition to Department of Australia, Leslie is the co-founder of Wrangling Cats Pty Ltd, and created the software that manages the never-ending torrent of Tweets on ABC TV’s Q&A.

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4 thoughts on “Department of Australia”

  1. AR
    November 1, 2014 at 8:50 am

    … but if you write a story thqat embarasses the government, you’re toast.

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  2. max
    November 1, 2014 at 10:42 am

    This is shit.

    Copyright criminalisation is a bad thing, but over-dramatising it like this is just stupid.

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  3. max
    November 1, 2014 at 10:43 am

    I look forward to the day when Crikey’s new cartoonist puts in a fraction of the amount of effort First Dog on the Moon did.

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  4. Trevor Peacock
    November 6, 2014 at 5:18 am

    Cartoonist? I don’t think so.
    I look forward to the day when some of what this person/these persons produce is even comprehensible; amusement is so unlikely as to be in the unicorn realm. First Dog is almost impossible to replace, Crikey, but surely there must be something better than this obscure and unfunny stuff? If there isn’t, just give it up and leave the space blank. You’ll be saving yourself a lot of money.

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