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Mungo MacCallum


Born
in Sydney, Australia
December 21, 1941

Died
December 09, 2020

Genre
Politics


Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (21 December 1941 – 9 December 2020) was an Australian political journalist and commentator.

From the 1970s to the 1990s he covered Australian federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery for The Australian, The National Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nation Review and radio stations 2JJ / Triple J and 2SER. He wrote political commentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) current affairs and news analysis program The Drum, frequently wrote for the magazine The Monthly, and contributed political commentary to Australia's national Community Radio Network, columns for the Byron Shire Echo and The Northern Star, and a weekly cryptic crossword for The Saturday Paper.

He also authored several books, ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 845 ratings · 90 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
The Good, the Bad and the U...
3.83 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
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The Whitlam Mob
4.11 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions
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Australian Story: Kevin Rud...
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The Mad Marathon: The Story...
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Girt By Sea: Australia, the...
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Mungo: The man who laughs
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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Punch and Judy: The Double ...
3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Poll Dancing: The Story of ...
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How to Be a Megalomaniac
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Run, Johnny Run
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“He embraced political power not as an end in itself, but for what it could accomplish for the betterment of society;”
― Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers
tags: whitlam
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“Reminded that the Commonwealth was already involved in pre-school and university education, Chifley replied: “That’s different – they’re for kids before they’ve got souls and after they’ve lost them.”
― Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers
tags: chifley, politics
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“But perhaps his outstanding contribution to Australian politics was that, after a lifetime of switching sides, he put in place the basic two-party structure we have today: Labor versus anti-Labor. The anti-Labor parties have had many names, but always the same policy: to keep Labor out of office.”
― Mungo MacCallum
tags: alfred-deakin, politics
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