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Jeff McMullen
AM
Born
Jeffrey John McMullen

(1948-12-16) 16 December 1948 (age 75)
Sydney, Australia
Alma materMacquarie University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • television presenter
  • radio presenter
Years active1966–present
Known for
as correspondent (1985–2000)

Jeffrey John McMullen

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples.

Early life and education

McMullen graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts.[1]

Media career

Career at the ABC

McMullen was a

foreign correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for almost two decades (1966–1984), international reporter for the investigative television program Four Corners and later joined the Australian version of 60 Minutes (1985–2000).[2]

In 2007, he hosted a 33-part discussion series on

ABC1 titled Difference of Opinion.[3][2]

He also chaired many Indigenous forums on

NITV. In 2014, McMullen appeared as himself in the second episode of Black Comedy, an Australian sketch show, in a mockumentary about an indigenous boy "tragically born without any sporting ability".[4]

Other roles

Through his work, McMullen has campaigned for improvement in health, education, and access to human rights for Indigenous Australians.[1]

From 2000 to 2014 McMullen led

Australian Aboriginal communities. The charity went into voluntary liquidation in early 2015, with remaining funds being redirected to AIME, the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience.[5] McMullen was a director of AIME for 15 years,[6] helping to grow Jack Manning Bancroft's education movement connecting university undergraduates as mentors for Aboriginal high-school students in urban areas.[7]

He was also a Director of Engineering Aid Australia, a philanthropic organisation whose primary initiative is the Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School (IAESS) operating in New South Wales as well as at Curtin University in Western Australia. IAESS aims to build opportunities for Aboriginal high school students to pursue tertiary studies and subsequently careers in engineering.[8][9]

In

Aboriginal elder Ernie Grant on his holistic education project, described in My Land My Tracks, and also with Grant's daughter, Sonya Jeffrey, in growing the cultural education project at Echo Creek, near Tully.[10]

At Beswick Falls, Northern Territory, McMullen is patron of the annual Walking with Spirits festival, staged by Tom E. Lewis and Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation, which celebrates the ancient culture of Aboriginal people.

In 2015,

Vincent Lingiari Oration at Charles Darwin University, honouring those who led the ongoing struggle for Aboriginal land rights
.

Aboriginal health

As a founding trustee of the Jimmy Little Foundation,

chronic illness in Indigenous communities.[12][13]

He has chaired the council meetings of the

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and joined their advocacy in federal Parliament.[citation needed
]

At prime minister Kevin Rudd's 2020 Summit, McMullen was among the 100 people focussed on "Closing the Gap" in Indigenous life expectancy, and improving the well-being of Aboriginal communities.

He was founding patron of the University of Canberra's Healthpact Centre developing health promotion and social equality programs, especially for Aboriginal children.[14]

Honours

In 2006, McMullen was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for service to journalism and efforts to raise awareness of economic, social and human rights issues in Australia and overseas, as well as service to charity.[15]

Variety, the Children's Charity declared McMullen Humanitarian of the Year for 2006 and he contributed the $10,000 prize money to the Literacy for Life project.[2]

He has been awarded three honorary degrees: a Doctorate of Journalism from Central Queensland University; a Doctorate of Letters from Newcastle University; and a Doctor of Letters from Macquarie University.[16]

Publications

McMullen is the author of a number of books, including:

  • A Life of Extremes – Journeys and Encounters (HarperCollins Australia 2001) [17] It examines ideas gleaned from some of the world's bravest individuals contributing to a brighter future for the human family.[18]
  • Dispossession : Neoliberalism and the struggle for Aboriginal land and rights in the 21st century (In Black & White, Connor Court Publishing, 2013)
  • Rolling Thunder: Voices Against Oppression (The Intervention 2013)

He has written extensively in academic journals on Indigenous rights, development and education, and contributed regular columns to The Tracker Magazine, as well as feature articles in Arena, Australian Doctor and the Griffith Review.

References

  1. ^ a b "Jeff McMullen biography". Jeff McMullen. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia". The Queens Birthday 2006 Honours List. The Australian Honours Secretariat. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  3. ^ Schmidt, Lucinda (7 February 2007). "Profile: Jeff McMullen". The Age. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ^ "What's on TV Wednesday: Black Comedy, an ascent into darkness". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  5. ^ Heffernan, Madeleine (4 February 2015). "Ian Thorpe charity in liquidation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Jeff McMullen advocacy". Jeff Mcmullen. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ^ "AIME Staff". AIME Mentoring. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  8. ^ "About Us". EngineeringAid Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Summer Schools". EngineeringAid Australia. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Brief Biography of Ernest Brian Grant". James Cook University Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Board of Directors". The Jimmy Little Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Jeff's Advocacy Work". Jeff McMullen. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  13. ^ "JLF Programs". The Jimmy Little Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Patrons". HealthPact Research Centre for Health Promotion and Wellbeing. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Gazette Special" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  16. ^ "Journalist Jeff McMullen honoured by Macquarie University". Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  17. ^ Word On Books
  18. ^ "Life of Extremes – Journeys and Encounters". Jeff McMullen. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

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