Tag Thus spake Mungo
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Thus Spake Mungo: there’s something about Guy
I have nothing against pop singers, some of them are very nice people, generous, tolerant, kind to children and dogs. And they give pleasure to many Australians…
3 days ago | Mungo MacCallum | 30 -
Thus Spake Mungo: ahh the Spike
Australia awoke last week to the strains of Spike Milligan’s poignant refrain, ‘I’m walking backwards to Christmas.’ It may not be all the way to Christmas, but it could be even further – well into next year, and perhaps beyond that.
10 days ago | Mungo MacCallum | 13 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Bloody Victorians
Déjà vu all over again. In the dim, dark ages before I even arrived in Canberra, I was writing stories about the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party
17 days ago | Mungo MacCallum | 16 -
Thus Spake Mungo: The revolt
Shock, horror. Someone has tested positive to COVID-19 after the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne and Peter Dutton is terrified – his worst fears have been realised, he hyperventilated.
24 days ago | Mungo MacCallum | 21 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Reconciliation week goes off with a bang
So Reconciliation Week has come and gone – and also gone is 46,000 years worth of priceless history pulverised by Rio Tinto in the Juukan Gorge.
June 9, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 16 -
Thus Spake Mungo: olive branches and doves
Scott Morrison’s press club speech last week was almost drowned out by the rustling of olive branches and the cooing of doves.
June 1, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 9 -
Thus Spake Mungo: the COVIDSafe economy
The latest catchphrase from our government spin doctors is ‘a COVIDSafe economy’ – optimistic and reassuring. And, unfortunately, a cruel hoax; a contradiction in terms. The economy is not safe from this coronavirus, and almost certainly never will be. Even... Read More →
May 11, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 21 -
Thus Spake Mungo: (app)rehensive
I must admit to a moment of apprehension before downloading the COVID-19 app; anything that involves Amazon or Stuart Robert has to be either incompetent or dodgy or both.
May 4, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 11 -
Thus Spake Mungo: the cost of a job
It has only taken a week for the simple beauty of JobKeepers to become a little tarnished.
April 20, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 21 -
Thus Spake Mungo: the snapback
Having shrugged off the minor and temporary distraction of parliament, Scott Morrison can resume doing what he is best at – marketing himself and his often-dubious achievements.
April 13, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 24 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Isolation days
Last week I could have my hair styled, but I couldn’t get a kidney transplant. I could take my kids to school, but not to church. I could invite nine mates to a funeral, but only four to a wedding
March 30, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 14 -
Thus Spake Mungo: COVID-19 getting personal
Suddenly it’s personal. I have been placed in home isolation.
March 23, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 28 -
Thus Spake Mungo: the coalition’s relief
To the manifest relief of the coalition and its supporters, Scott Morrison’s approach to the coronavirus crisis has been cautiously endorsed by the voters.
March 16, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 15 -
Thus Spake Mungo: dodging the pellet
Once again the Morrison government has dodged a bullet – rather a pellet, actually, with the real fusillade still to come.
March 9, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 10 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Cyclone COVID 19
The COVID 19 pandemic is no longer just a cloud on the horizon – it has developed into a full scale cyclone, and its effects on Australia, while still unquantifiable, will clearly be severe if not disastrous.
March 2, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 10 -
Thus Spake Mungo: To market
Scott Morrison is nothing if not a marketeer. Or, to put it more precisely, he is nothing except a marketeer.
February 3, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 18 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Matt Kean
Scott Morrison’s puerile sneer that most of his cabinet ministers wouldn’t even know who (NSW Environment Minister) Matt Kean was actually contains a grain of truth.
January 27, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 13 -
Thus Spake Mungo: The Sacrament
The sacrament is torn, the veil of the temple is rent in twain. The sacred surplus is sacred no more. It is defrocked, excommunicated, cast into the outer darkness.
January 13, 2020 | Mungo MacCallum | 4 -
Thus Spake Mungo: bubbles
And so ScoMo’s annus miraculous staggers to an end, with the promise that the next one will be the year of delivery, the one that produces the outcomes which will make all the dithering, procrastination and avoidance of issues all worthwhile.
December 16, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 24 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Climate change? ‘No idea,’ says drought minister
The water minister's plan seem to be to keep pouring out the drought relief and praying for rain in the delusion that once the drought breaks, we can all get back to normal.
September 16, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 31 -
Thus spake Mungo: sex, religion and politics 100 days after ScoMo’s win
The showdown over religion could well provoke a serious schism, speaketh Mungo. Trouble is brewing in the mess.
September 2, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 10 -
Thus Spake Mungo: tap the mat
One, two, three, four. Keeping faith’s a dreadful bore. Five, six, seven, eight. Tap the mat, capitulate.
July 29, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 13 -
Thus Spake Mungo: healthcare
The private health industry, we were told last week, is ‘a muddled healthcare system that is riddled with inconsistencies and perverse initiatives…
July 22, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 12 -
Thus Spake Mungo: The betrayal
Scott Morrison really likes quiet Australians – as quiet as possible.
July 15, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 18 -
Thus Spake Mungo: the economy
Last week Scott Morrison spelled out what he called his economic policy…
July 1, 2019 | Mungo MacCallum | 9
