Paul Zanetti (born 8 September 1961) is a political cartoonist based in Australia. He was the youngest paid political cartoonist on a major metropolitan newspaper in Australia. While still at school, he regularly contributed to ''

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'' newspaper in Sydney, from the age of 16 years. In 1980, he joined The Sun art department in Sydney where he continued to contribute cartoons. Eight months later he accepted the full-time cartooning position on the Sydney ''

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'' and the ''

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'' (Australia's largest circulating newspaper). This position had been vacated by Bill Mitchell, who had moved to ''

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'', taking

Larry Pickering Lawrence Pickering (18 October 1942 – 19 November 2018) was an Australian political cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator of books and calendars. The winner of four Walkley Awards for his work, Pickering largely retired from political ...

's position. At the age of 23 he won a

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for cartooning. In 1990, Zanetti moved to the United States to study syndication. On his return, he pioneered political cartoon syndication in Australia, appearing in newspapers throughout Australia and internationally. In 1993, he co-founded Australian Newspaper Features (ANF) Pty Ltd, Australia's first content syndicator of features and columns by household Australian names, Ray Martin (What Does Ray Say?),

John Laws Richard John Sinclair Laws CBE (born 8 August 1935) is a retired Australian radio announcer who had a broadcasting career that spanned 71 years. His distinctive voice earned him the nickname ''Golden Tonsils''. Career Best known as a talkback ...

(Lawsie),

Rene Rivkin Rene Walter Rivkin (6 June 1944 – 1 May 2005) was an Australian entrepreneur, investor, investment adviser and stockbroker. He was convicted of insider trading in 2003 and sentenced to nine months of periodic detention. Early life Rene Walt ...

(Taking Stock),

Angry Anderson Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson (born 5 August 1947) is an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He has been the lead vocalist and the longest-tenured remaining member of the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976 ...

(Getting Angry), Paul 'Fatty' Vautin (Life With Fatty) and

John-Michael Howson John-Michael Howson (born 8 August 1936) is an Australian writer, reporter, entertainer and Melbourne radio commentator. His involvement in the Australian entertainment scene as a writer, producer and performer spans more than 50 years. Earl ...

from

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(Hollywood Hotline). In the US, Zanetti's cartoons are syndicated through

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