Technical and communication skills: Can they both be accommodated in a postgraduate program preparing graduates for the professional accounting workplace? 1 Jen Tindale Elaine Evans* Dawn Cable Suzanne Mead Elaine Evans and Dawn Cable are in the Department of Accounting and Finance Macquarie University, and Jen Tindale and Suzanne Mead are in the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University. Corresponding Author* Dr Elaine Evans Macquarie University New South Wales Australia 2109 eevans@efs.mq.edu.au 1 This research was funded by the 2005 Macquarie University Flagship Grant Scheme