PART 1
Nicholson: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/gallery-e6frg6zx-1111119668403?page=1
Kudelka: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/gallery-e6frg6zx-1111120349509?page=1
PART 2
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/directory/a/australia.asp
PART 3
The first two links are collections of Australian political satire cartoons I found on the The Australian website by two different artists, Nicholson and Kudelka, while the third is a stock collection of political satire cartoons by various artists. While perhaps not obviously useful, as per the instructions of this assignment, I tend to find what people think is ridiculous about the world around them to be more interesting and more potent than that which they approach with an air of seriousness. Reading through some of these is also a pretty easy way to get somewhat familiar with some local faces, figures and issues even if it is but a farcical familiarity. As far as I can tell, the third link (the stock collection) seems to be much easier to understand as an outsider, as a lot of the cartoons from The Australian rely on the facial recognition of poltiical figures--yet all of it, as newcomers to the Australian/Melbourne(ian?) political atmosphere, is worth flipping through.
Bill Leak from The Australian is also worth a look - he tends to get the prestigious weekend spot on the op/ed page. He, along with Nicholson, are probably Australia's pre-eminent political cartoonists - his gallery is here
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The Melbourne broadsheet newspaper, The Age, also has two excellent cartoonists - John Spooner
http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/2008/02/14/1202760484110.html
He may be the easiest to understand from an "outsiders" viewpoint, as he tends to focus more on bigger picture stuff.
Ron Tandberg is a legendary Melbourne cartoonist, and has many absolute classic political cartoons to his name. He has an idiosyncratic style, and is very topical, so may be difficult to interpret, but is probably the most loved Melbourne cartoonist.
http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/opinion/cartoons/ron-tandberg/20090910-fixc.html