Australia’s race relations PR disaster

Tim Burrowes

June 9, 2009 4:29

“Officials in Australia are behaving like a bunch of alcoholics in denial. Until they admit they’ve got a problem, they won’t be able to start dealing with it.”

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.