Steve Mickler

Steve Mickler is originally from Canada, and immigrated to Australia in 1974. With a diverse background in Indigenous affairs and academia, he was a research fellow with the Centre for Research in Culture and Communication at Murdoch University from 1995 to 1998. Dr Mickler worked in Aboriginal Affairs in the Northern Territory and Western Australia from 1981 to 1992, including in the public affairs sections of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, ATSIC and as a research officer with the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. He is the author of Gambling on the First Race: A Comment on Racism and Talkback Radio and numerous journal articles dealing with media and public representation of indigenous affairs.