Mungo Wentworth MacCallum
| Mungo Wentworth MacCallum | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 December 1941 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Occupation | Political journalist and commentator |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny Garrett |
Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (born 21 December 1941) is an Australian political journalist and commentator.
He is the son of Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913–99), a journalist and pioneer of television in Australia, and Diana Wentworth, a great-granddaughter of the Australian explorer and politician William Charles Wentworth (1790–1872). MacCallum's father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were also called . He is a nephew of William Charles Wentworth IV (1907–2003), who was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives (1949–77) and a virulent anti-communist. MacCallum and his uncle, while agreeing on certain questions, were fundamentally of different political inclinations. He was once described by Gough Whitlam as a "tall, bearded descendant of lunatic aristocrats".
MacCallum was born in Sydney and educated at the elite Cranbrook School, a short walk from where he lived with his mother and father in his grandmother's house in Wentworth Street, Point Piper. After leaving school, he went to the University of Sydney, where he obtained a BA with third-class honours.
MacCallum is also known for his strongly centre-left, pro-Australian Labor Party views, being critical both of the conservative Liberal and National Parties, and of the far left (e.g., communists) who attack Labor for its cautious reformism. 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 station 2JJ / Triple J. He currently writes political commentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) current affairs and news analysis program The Drum, frequently writes for the magazine The Monthly, and contributes 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.
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