biography, A Life of Extremes – Journeys and Encounters. It examines ideas gleaned from some of the world's bravest individuals contributing to a brighter future for the human family. He has written extensively in academic journals on Indigenous rights, development and education; contrIbuted regular columns to The Tracker Magazine, feature articles in Arena, Australian Doctor and the Griffith Review. In North Queensland, McMullen worked with Jirribel Aboriginal elder, Dr Ernie Grant on his holistic education project, set down in My Land My Tracks and also with Dr Grant's daughter, Sonya Jeffrey, in growing the cultural education project at Echo Creek, near Tully. 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 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". In 2015 Gurindji elders invited McMullen to deliver the annual Vincent Lingiari Oration at Charles Darwin University, honouring those who led the ongoing struggle for Aboriginal Land Rights. Many of Jeff McMullen's articles and speeches are available on his website, www.jeffmcmullen.com.au 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. 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. 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. References Australian television journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 60 Minutes (Australian TV program) correspondents