Mungo MacCallum
The Monthly Essays
Amateur League: The Game of Politics
Mungo MacCallum
In nineteenth-century Britain, politics was seen as a bit of a diversion from the real business of life: a sort of gap year (or years)...
More ...
Australian story: Kevin Rudd and the lucky country. Mungo MacCallum
Mungo MacCallum
Part 1 | Part 2 Political journalist Mungo MacCallum exhibits his trademark humour, originality and insight as he discusses the popularity...
More ...
Australian story: Kevin Rudd and the lucky country. Mungo MacCallum (p2)
Mungo MacCallum
Part 1 | Part 2 Political journalist Mungo MacCallum exhibits his trademark humour, originality and insight as he discusses the popularity...
More ...
The Nation Reviewed
Comment: Rudd and the Murdoch Press
Mungo MacCallum
Political leaders find it particularly irksome. It was painful enough to be called into the media mogul’s Sydney headquarters, worse still...
More ...
The Nation Reviewed
Time Loop
Mungo MacCallum
By a remarkable coincidence, Australia and India share a national day: both countries have their biggest party of the year on 26 January....
More ...Noted
'From Little Things Big Things Grow' by Paul Kelly & Kev Carmody: Illustrations by Peter Hudson & Gurindji schoolchildren
Mungo MacCallum
This is the book of the song that has become the anthem of the reconciliation movement. A century after the birth of Vincent Lingiari and...
More ...
The Nation Reviewed
Jung at Heart
Mungo MacCallum
A seldom-noted characteristic of the Australian political class is that almost all its members - participants, commentators and spectators...
More ...
The Future of the Liberal Party (Part 2)
In this Sydney Writers' Festival event, Robert Manne and the Hon. Tony Abbott debate the future of the Liberal party. Their differing...
More ...
The Nation Reviewed
Old House
Mungo MacCallum
Kevin Rudd personifies generational change in Australian politics, in part because he is the first prime minister not to have served an...
More ...The Nation Reviewed
Comment
Mungo MacCallum
Banker-turned-politician-turned-commentator Professor John Hewson is very cross with the Australian media. He thinks journalists have...
More ...
