The Journalist and Islam: competing agendas, political correctness and the war on terror

7- 8 December 2006, NSW Parliament House, Sydney

- Gain powerful insights into one of the most divisive issues in Australia today
- Evaluate the work of political journalists
- Understand how Muslims are treated in our media

The conference is supported by the Australian Research Council Asia Pacific Futures Research Network and is presented by the Centre for Middle East and North African Studies and the Centre for Language in Social Life at Macquarie University, the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney, with sponsorship by the Innovative Universities European Union (IUEU) Centre.

Opening remarks by former NSW Premier Bob Carr

Speakers include:

(from left to right)
Mike Berry, University of Nottingham, co-author of Bad News From Israel
Malek Triki, London Correspondent for al-Jazeera
Peter Manning, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at UTS, former head of ABC TV News & Current Affairs
Tony Abbot, MP, Federal Minister for Health
Nasya Bahfen, Journalism Lecturer, RMIT, Journalist, Radio Australia

Tom Switzer, Opinion Editor, The Australian
Tom Allard, National Security Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Christina Slade, Dean of Humanities, Macquarie University
Kuranda Seyit, Executive Director, Forum on Australia’s Islamic Relations
Antony Loewenstein, Freelance Journalist, Author of My Israel Question

Ross Burns, Former Australian ambassador to Syria
Laurie Fergusson, MP
Annabelle Lukin, Lecturer, Macquarie's Centre for Language in Social Life
Andrew Vincent, Director, Centre for Middle East & North African Studies, Macquarie University
Janet Albrechtsen, Opinion writer for the Australian newspaper, a member of the ABC board

For further information: Dr Sally Totman 0409 710 066.
For conference program and abstracts, please visit http://www.mq.edu.au/mec/activities.html