The political scene as we know it: Mungo’s poignant reflection and farewell.
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I love, adore, respect and admire you Mungo. You are my Australian icon. Best wishes for your hasty recovery during which I shall miss your voice so much. At least I have your books in the meantime.
I shall deeply miss your insightful spoken observations but look forward to the return of your written ones Mungo – which I have admired, and with which I have so frequently concurred, over so many years.
Every best wish for a speedy recovery.
I will miss your wonderful insights and humour – best wishes for a speedy recovery
Nice, get well soon Mungo….
Thanks Mungo for so many years of astute information and wonderful entertainment. I wish you well.
Good luck, Mungo. All the best for a speedy recovery.
Best wishes Mungo. Hope to see you around again soon.
Thanks for your time energy and effort, Mungo. I will miss your great weekly contributions and wish you well for your op and a speedy recovery.
Good Luck Mungo
and best wishes for your surgery
and a speedy recovery
Although your dulcet tones will be missed.
I am sure your razor like wit and intellect will be unaffected
I Look forward to seeing you in print
I too will miss your concise, humorous and insightful commentary of our political landscape and your ability to find colour (in our often bland, grey and visionless politicians) and your ability to fit what is happening now into the broader context of our political history.
All strength and courage to you Mungo for a speedy recovery
Oh I will miss your column, which I look forward to each week. I consider it one of life’s life little pleasures reading your column over my morning breakfast. I shall miss your insights and observations.
All the best and hope that you will return soon to provide your witty commentary in this dreary political times
Sincere great wishes for your surgery and healthy recovery. so appreciate you and what you offer!
Thank you and best of luck Mungo. We wish you a speedy recovery.
Wish you well with your sugery but we may be able to get some balanced reporting on politics for a change.
I haven’t seen the video yet so whatever ails you Mungo I wish away soon. Love your work comrade – you remain unique.
Mungo you are a living treasure and I hope the bloody doctors know what they’re doing. Here’s to a short, painless recovery followed by a long and well-deserved rest – we need you!
God speed, Mungo – from a transplanted ‘Yank’.
Thanks for all your great insight of the political scene. All best wishes for good recovery.
And “don’t let the bastards grind you down” either.
All the very best for your upcoming surgery! Hope we won’t be without your commentary for too long.
If there’s any change in your vocal attributes, post op., let’s hope it will be a standout and attract the attentions of those dumb-ed down electors. They truly need to taste your political wisdom and encyclopedic clout.
If the worst is a “speechless” Mungo, maybe you could do facial animations with a voice-over. You’re so different, but how different would that be??
In any case, we’ll be eagerly awaiting your typed thoughts, as always . .
All the very best for you…
Hoping you have a speedy recovery Mungo, I know it’s a cliche, but you really are a living legend/treasure in Australia’s socio-political landscape. Federal politics is just so dull without your wry observations.
We have too few Generals in our ranks. Get well soon, we need you.
hi Mungo all the very best for the upcoming op and wishing you a strong and full recovery – take whatever time you need to rest and recover knowing we love you – Barb
Sorry Mungo, but you cannot leave it there…….You MUST come back, you articulate what I think!!! Good Luck and my thoughts are with you……………
Thanks Mungo for your creative intelligence and wit . I have always admired you from afar ! Hope you will be back on your feet & dancing real soon !
God bless you Mungo on your surgery and thanx for all your wonderful insights. Look forward to seeing back
soon. Rest well now.
Wishing you all the best Mungo and look forward to your speedy return.
Hang in there.
All the very best, Mungo, Your Holiness. May heavenly gargles soothe your way to recovery.
Dearest Mungo, have only just caught up with your news. All I wish you has already been said in the messages above. Good luck with the Surgery, MIRACLES DO HAPPEN, and Surgeons today, have miraculous hands. May your Pen be your Voice until you are able to articulate verbally again your brilliant insights. You will be missed, til we hear from you again SOON.
So sorry to hear this news. Strength and healing to you Mungo. I have a feeling that without your voice – your written observations will be even sharper.
Wishing you well 🙂
Best wishes from a fan of 45 years standing. I first rejoiced in your pithy take on national politics at a Melbourne Uni debate in 69, when you skewered John Gorton’s mangled diction. Your weekly chat from the beer garden has been required viewing; I will miss it grievously. Return soon.
I have to agree with Bruce prior “you articulate what I think” Best wishes with the op I need to see you back here soon……..Richard.
Mungo – your commentary clip has become one of the highlights of my week – a small beam of enlightening light across an endlessly dark sky of political mumbo jumbo. We will miss your weekly missives – intensively. To put a new take on an old adage – in this case may the pen be mightier than the voice. Just keep writing Mungo when you are well enough. In the meantime may the hosts of energy healers, devis, channelled entities, fairies (of land, sea and air) angels and gods that abound in Byron as well as your loving readers and audiences support and heal you. Suzanne
Mungo, your astute political commentary has been part of my life for probably 40 years or near enough. Here’s wishing you all the best for a quick recovery and return to all of us who admire you.
Best wishes Mungo for a sound recovery. I began following your writings in the Nation Review in the early 70s but ran into a bit of trouble. I was a teacher at a boarding school at the time and designated students would go to the local newsagent on a Sunday and bring the papers back to the teachers. One day the headmaster reprimanded me and said it would be okay if I went into town to get the paper myself but that I was not to have a student carry the Nation Review on his person onto the property!
Best wishes Mungo for a speedy and comfortable recovery.
Good on you Mungo. You’re a fine Australian. We hope that you keep on ‘kicking against the pricks” for many years to come. Love from all of us at The Poinciana Cafe.
Totally predictable tripe, Mungo. Tony Abbott is a breath of fresh air and I, for one, think he’s doing a splendid job as our PM. Look at what he’s achieved in Japan and Korea – something Labor, in typical style, couldn’t bring to a conclusion. Look at what’s already been achieved in border protection – another Labor disaster that Tony Abbott is cleaning up. Abbott promised a government that said and did what it meant. Look at what Labor left us – promises unfunded, government on the never-never! I wish you a speedy recovery, Mungo, but, for God’s sake, wake up to the nonsense that you write and give Abbott his due. I think he’ll end up being one of our great prime ministers.
Abbott had to get rid of our car industry before South Korea and Japan would sign those trade deals. Labor puts Australian jobs first and Labor would have ended up with a better deal. Abbott looks and sounds desperate.
Mungo, thank you for being our voice of reason and sanity. I am embarrassed and ashamed about the current government of this country. It’s like living with a bunch of 3 year olds. Eager for your return. I wish you well and an easy road to recovery.
Mungo, All the best for a speedy recovery, and as a reader of your articles back to the Nation Review days, I hope you soon come back as energetic, insightful and witty, your comments have been an island of truth and honesty amongst the sea of deceit and fraud that we have learnt to expect over the years. You are a national treasure.
Dearest Mungo,
Wishing you well and all the very best. 🙂
Looking forward to more of what you do best,
Kind regards
Felicite and Graeme Wylie
Thanks for 19 years of compulsory weekly viewing/reading Mungo. Get well and come back soon. We need you. AUSTRALIA NEEDS YOU!!!
Frank Stewart
How unfair to lose one’s voice when there is so much more we want to hear from your Mungo! Ah, but the power of the pen will endure and your comments are priceless.
May you have a good recovery and be back annoying those pollies SOON.