Mungo Wentworth MacCallum interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]

Mungo Wentworth MacCallum, Federal political correspondent, talks of the 1972 election; "The Australian"; Calwell; Whitlam; demonstrations; conscription; social change; Rockdale Town Hall incident; Communist influence at universities; DLP; gaoling of draft avoiders; police brutality; Australian politics; political journalists; "Oz"; Press Gallery; McMahon; Canberra as a place to live ; Parliament and the public service; the Press and politicians; Gorton; Packer; Businessmen for Democratic Government; Patrick Sayers; Gorton's weaknesses and strengths; disillusionment with Gorton; Gorton's 1969 campaign; Liberal Health Scheme; Tax Concession Scheme; Andrew Jones; Gorton's trip to New Guinea; racism; McMahon's strengths and weaknesses; as Minister for Primary Industry; Foreign Affairs; Gorton as Deputy Prime Minister; Liberal Federal Council; McMahon and the Press; 1971 budget; Reg McDonald; McMahon's mistakes in 1972; McMahon's relations with Packer, Murdoch and Fairfax; McMahon's trip to Washington; McMahon's trip to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore;Country Party; petrol equalization and telephone subsidies; DLP; McEwen; Gair; McManus; minority parties; preferential system of voting; Whitlam's advertising campaign; move against Victoria; the Press' role in politics; editorial direction; ethics in journalism.