In Conversation with Matt Golding, Political Cartoonist of the Year

Join Political Cartoonist of the Year Matt Golding and last year’s winner Megan Herbert as they discuss Behind the Lines 2025 with the exhibition curator Matthew Jones.

Both hailing from Melbourne (there must be something in the water), Matt Golding currently draws political cartoons for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. A second-time winner of this award, he is also a Walkley Award-winner and has received multiple Stanley Awards from his peers at the Australian Cartoonists Association. Megan Herbert is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer whose work appears in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. 2024 was her first time being Political Cartoonist of the Year. Matt and Megan will reflect on what being Political Cartoonist of the Year means, and how they work to distil complex ideas into short, witty cartoons.

This talk is presented as part of the exhibition, ‘Behind the Lines 2025: Are we Rolling’ on display at the Old Treasury Building from 2 March to 3 May 2026.

‘Behind the Lines’ is a travelling exhibition developed by the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, and is proudly supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.