Mungo's Canberra

MacCallum, Mungo

University of Queensland Press

The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers

History

Australia & Oceania

ReadHowYouWant

The Good the Bad & the Unlikely: Australias Prime Ministers

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers: From Barton to Albanese

Politics & Social Sciences

Bongiorno, Frank

Politics & Government

Black Inc.

<p>Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-seven politicians have run the national show. Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for Bob Menzies. But whatever the length of their term, each Prime Minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation; Billy Hughes forced US President Woodrow Wilson to take notice of Australia. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression, while John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership. John Gorton, Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating each shook up their parties' policies so vigorously that none lasted much longer than a single term in office. With characteristic wit and expert knowledge, Mungo MacCallum brings the nation's leaders to vivid life. The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely tells the tale of the many men and one woman who've had a crack at running the country. It is a wonderfully entertaining education. Mungo MacCallum has long been one of Australia's most influential and entertaining political journalists, in a career spanning more than four decades. He has worked with Nation Review, the Australian, the Age, the Financial Review, the Sydney Morning Herald and numerous magazines, as well as the ABC, SBS, Channel Nine and Channel Ten. His books include the bestselling Mungo: The Man Who Laughs, Run Johnny Run and Poll Dancing.</p>

The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely

Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-seven politicians have run the national show. Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for Bob Menzies. But whatever the length of their term, each Prime Minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation; Billy Hughes forced US President Woodrow Wilson to take notice of Australia. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression, while John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership. John Gorton, Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating each shook up their parties' policies so vigorously that none lasted much longer than a single term in office.  With characteristic wit and expert knowledge, Mungo MacCallum brings the nation's leaders to vivid life. The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely tells the tale of the many men and one woman who've had a crack at running the country. It is a wonderfully entertaining education. Mungo MacCallum has long been one of Australia's most influential and entertaining political journalists, in a career spanning more than four decades. He has worked with the Australian, the Age, the Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald and numerous magazines, as well as the ABC, SBS, Channel Nine and Channel Ten. His books include the bestselling Mungo: The Man Who Laughs, Run Johnny Run: The Story of the 2004 Election and Poll Dancing: The Story of the 2007 Election and Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010.

With the 2013 race for the Lodge now run and won, who better than Mungo MacCallum to make sense of it all?  With wit and insight, Mungo documents the ups and downs of this longest of campaigns. He dissects Labor's self-destructive leadership war, the Coalition's cheap and nasty Broadband Lite, and the plight of our billionaire battlers, doing it tough on $250K.  This fast-paced and incisive account follows Canberra's finest as they speed around the country, taking selfies, kissing nuns and generally saying anything to get your vote.  The Mad Marathon is the essential chronicle of the 2013 election year from one of Australia's most original and entertaining writers.  Mungo MacCallum has been a print, magazine and television journalist for over forty years. His books include Mungo: The Man Who Laughs, How To Be a Megalomaniac, Poll Dancing: The Story of the 2007 Election and Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010.

The Mad Marathon: The Story of the 2013 Election

"We were a motley mob, we sans-culottes of Canberra ..."  In this vastly entertaining book, Mungo MacCallum captures the spirit of a nation-changing time. He portrays the Whitlam government's key figures - from Gough and Margaret to Lionel Murphy, Bill Hayden and Jim Cairns - as well as "the other mob" in opposition - Billy McMahon, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser and many more.  The Whitlam Mob addresses some crucial questions: What was the night of the long prawns? Who was the playboy of the parliament? And who was "the toe-cutter"?  This is Mungo at his best: vivid and barbed, nostalgic but always clear-eyed.

The Whitlam Mob

Mungo, MacCallum

Be delighted, be infuriated, be inspired - but above all be entertained! This is the ultimate puzzle book: a year's worth of Mungo MacCallum's cryptic crosswords from The Saturday Paper, plus a preface from the maestro himself.    MUNGO MacCALLUM wrote cryptic crosswords for the Bulletin and the Weekly. He is the author of The Whitlam Mob and The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers. He has long been one of Australia's most influential and entertaining political journalists, in a career spanning more than four decades. He has worked with the Australian, the Age, the Financial Review, the Sydney Morning Herald and numerous magazines, as well as the ABC, SBS, Channel Nine and Channel Ten.

Mungo's Cryptic Crosswords: From The Saturday Paper

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

<p>Mungo MacCallum was one of the wittiest political journalists to chronicle the brief golden age of Gough Whitlam's period as Prime Minister of Australia. MacCallum became one of the most influential political chroniclers, writing consistently entertaining material on Australian Federal politics.</p>

Mungo: The man who laughs

Duffy & Snellgrove

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