Campaign launches are just the beginning

Yesterday, around the country, Australia’s screen industry united to launch the Make it Australian campaign ...

Speech by Shareena Clanton at the launch of Make It Australian

Indigenous performer and MEAA Equity member Shareena Clanton, whose credits include Wentworth, Redfern Now and Last Cab to Darwin, gave this passionate speech at the Melbourne launch of the Make It Australian campaign on September 18, 2017 ...

Film and TV industry combine for fight for the future

Australia’s film and TV industry will come together on Monday, September 18 to launch an historic campaign for the industry’s future ...

Media diversity and jobs to be lost under ‘reforms’

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Legislation expected to be passed today to remove the two-out-of-three ownership rule will mean an inevitable loss of diversity in the Australian media, says the union for Australian journalists and media workers. Throughout this long debate, mergers and acquisitions have been talked about as the inevitable consequence of removing ownership ...

Ten’s future must be free of government delay – MEAA

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MEAA believes the government must ensure that the acquisition of Ten is approved as soon as possible after creditors vote so that months of uncertainty can end ...

Joint statement: Australia’s entertainment industry says YES to marriage equality

Joint statement by the Equity and ECS sections of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Live Performance Australia and Screen Producers Australia: The time has come for marriage equality ...

Government’s desperate deal to get media reforms through Senate

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The “inquiry” into the ABC announced by One Nation today as the trade-off for support for the government’s media reform package is a dangerous step, MEAA says ...

Wage theft is becoming a business model in the media industry

The alleged underpayment of 23 journalists by a Queensland digital media company is further evidence that the rules protecting young workers need to be changed, says the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance ...