Cartoon Competition Results 2026

We are incredibly proud to recognise every student who submitted an entry into this year’s Economics Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (ETAWA) Economics Cartoon Competition.

With more than 100 entries submitted, the response from our students was outstanding. Tackling the complex and timely topic of oil prices, our students demonstrated a remarkable ability to distil sophisticated economic concepts into creative, thoughtful, and often brilliantly witty visual responses. The ETAWA judging committee noted they were impressed by the creativity on display, the quality of critical thinking, and the depth of explanation students brought to their cartoons.

Creating an economics cartoon is no small feat. It requires students to not only understand the economic concepts at play, but to communicate them clearly and compellingly in a format that is accessible, engaging, and original. Every student who took on that challenge and submitted their work should be proud of what they produced.

A special congratulations to each and every entrant  your willingness to engage with economics beyond the classroom is exactly the kind of curiosity and initiative that sets great economists apart.

Please see below our first and runner up places in each division. Keep an eye out for an email to organise your prize!

Year 7

Scarcity and choice: why oil is a scarce resource and how households, firms, and governments make choices about fuel use

In July, I attended the Reserve Bank of Australia's Teacher Immersion Program in Sydney with the support of ETAWA.

A key takeaway was not simply access to contemporary economic data, but insight into how economists move from evidence and models to judgement when indicators conflict and policy objectives compete. This is particularly timely for the 2027 SCSA Economics ATAR syllabus, where the revised grade descriptions place greater emphasis on integrating economic concepts, models and data to make well-supported judgements. 

Sarah Hunter, Assistant Governor (Economic), demonstrated this process through the RBA’s assessment of current macroeconomic conditions. GDP growth, household consumption, labour-market conditions, wages, inflation and productive capacity were considered collectively rather than as discrete indicators. Importantly, the outlook remained conditional: demand is expected to moderate and labour-market tightness to ease, while uncertainty remains around external disruptions and the lagged effects of monetary policy.

Year 8

Basic supply and demand: why oil prices rise when demand increases or supply falls

In July, I attended the Reserve Bank of Australia's Teacher Immersion Program in Sydney with the support of ETAWA.

A key takeaway was not simply access to contemporary economic data, but insight into how economists move from evidence and models to judgement when indicators conflict and policy objectives compete. This is particularly timely for the 2027 SCSA Economics ATAR syllabus, where the revised grade descriptions place greater emphasis on integrating economic concepts, models and data to make well-supported judgements. 

Sarah Hunter, Assistant Governor (Economic), demonstrated this process through the RBA’s assessment of current macroeconomic conditions. GDP growth, household consumption, labour-market conditions, wages, inflation and productive capacity were considered collectively rather than as discrete indicators. Importantly, the outlook remained conditional: demand is expected to moderate and labour-market tightness to ease, while uncertainty remains around external disruptions and the lagged effects of monetary policy.

Year 9

Factors affecting oil prices: global demand, production costs, OPEC decisions, geopolitical events, and technological change

In July, I attended the Reserve Bank of Australia's Teacher Immersion Program in Sydney with the support of ETAWA.

A key takeaway was not simply access to contemporary economic data, but insight into how economists move from evidence and models to judgement when indicators conflict and policy objectives compete. This is particularly timely for the 2027 SCSA Economics ATAR syllabus, where the revised grade descriptions place greater emphasis on integrating economic concepts, models and data to make well-supported judgements. 

Sarah Hunter, Assistant Governor (Economic), demonstrated this process through the RBA’s assessment of current macroeconomic conditions. GDP growth, household consumption, labour-market conditions, wages, inflation and productive capacity were considered collectively rather than as discrete indicators. Importantly, the outlook remained conditional: demand is expected to moderate and labour-market tightness to ease, while uncertainty remains around external disruptions and the lagged effects of monetary policy.

Year 10

Market outcomes and policy impacts: fuel taxes, subsidies, fuel excise, price controls, and environmental regulation

In July, I attended the Reserve Bank of Australia's Teacher Immersion Program in Sydney with the support of ETAWA.

A key takeaway was not simply access to contemporary economic data, but insight into how economists move from evidence and models to judgement when indicators conflict and policy objectives compete. This is particularly timely for the 2027 SCSA Economics ATAR syllabus, where the revised grade descriptions place greater emphasis on integrating economic concepts, models and data to make well-supported judgements. 

Sarah Hunter, Assistant Governor (Economic), demonstrated this process through the RBA’s assessment of current macroeconomic conditions. GDP growth, household consumption, labour-market conditions, wages, inflation and productive capacity were considered collectively rather than as discrete indicators. Importantly, the outlook remained conditional: demand is expected to moderate and labour-market tightness to ease, while uncertainty remains around external disruptions and the lagged effects of monetary policy.