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- 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 Journalist and Islam:
Competing Agendas, Political Correctness and the War on Terror.

Time:     Thursday December 7 and Friday December 8, 2006
Place:    NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Cost:     $160 for 2 days. (Student and single-day discounts available)

 Who should attend:
 Policy-makers / Community leaders / Journalists / Teachers / Academics / Business leaders / Police / The Public

Speakers include:

Bob Carr Mike Berry Malek Triki Peter Manning
Bob Carr
Opening remarks
by former NSW Premier
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 Nasya Bahfen Tom Switzer Tom Allard
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 Kuranda Seyit Antony Loewenstein Ross Burns
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 Annabelle Lukin Andrew Vincent Janet Albrechtsen
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

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.

ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network Macquarie University University of Technology Sydney IUEU Centre