Symposium on The Australian newspaper’s influence

The Macquarie University Centre for Media History is holding a symposium on 50 years of The Australian Newspaper and its impact on politics, arts and the media in Australia.

 The release:

The Centre for Media History at Macquarie University in Sydney is pleased to present a two-day symposium in Sydney, ‘The Heart of the Nation? 50 Years of The Australian’.

Editors, journalists, reviewers, commentators and market researchers will join academics to explore the history of the newspaper – one of the Australian media’s most influential mastheads. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, and Mark Day, former Editor-in-Chief of The Australian.