Michael Leunig is one of Australia's best-loved cartoonists. His work has appeared in The Age for more than 40 years.  

He talks to Nick Cater about the cartoonist's shrinking role as court jester and free thinking spirit in an age when the restrictions around humour are increasingly suffocating and the penalties for dissidents increasingly harsh.

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