Mungo MacCallum is the author of Quarterly Essay 5: Girt By Sea – Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear. He has long been one of Australia’s most influential and entertaining political journalists, in a career spanning more than four decades.
Mungo 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, The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers and The Whitlam Mob.