MEAA statement on outsourcing at Pacific Magazines
MEAA is concerned that Seven West’s division Pacific Magazines has announced 11 redundancies and flagged the outsourcing of sub-editing to Pagemasters ...
MEAA keeping members informed at Ten
MEAA is holding a teleconference Q&A session today for members employed at Network Ten. This follows today's announcement that representatives of KordaMentha have been appointed voluntary administrators to Ten Network Holdings Limited. MEAA members across the industry stand in solidarity with Network Ten staff. MEAA Media director Katelin McInerney said: ...
MEAA opening remarks to Senate select committee inquiry into Future of Public Interest Journalism
Opening remarks made by MEAA CEO Paul Murphy appearing at a public hearing in Sydney of the Senate Select Committee inquiry into the Future of Public Interest Journalism in Sydney, May 17 2017. See the complete Hansard transcript here ...
Timor Leste journalists facing jail for defamation
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in strongly condemning the latest development in the slanderous denunciation case against Timor Leste journalists Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Martins. The IFJ, MEAA and SEAJU call for ...
Government needs to show it values our film and TV industry
Australia’s $3 billion film and television industry needs greater leadership and support from the government to demonstrate the arts are valued in this country, says the union for performers and screen crew ...
MEAA submission to the 2017 House of Representatives inquiry into the film and TV industry
MEAA’s recommendations to the House of Representatives committee inquiry into the film and TV industry include greater government leadership of the film and television industries through offsets, direct funding assistance to bodies like Screen Australia and regulatory requirements, including Australian content requirements ...
MEAA welcomes Senate’s future of journalism inquiry
MEAA welcomes the establishment of a Senate select committee that will inquire and report on the future of journalism in Australia ...
Fairfax journalists take their campaign to Federal Parliament
Veteran Budget analysts and writers from the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age –journalists the public rely on to cut through the spin for the real story – will be missing from the Federal Budget press pack this year. More than 60 journalists from both mastheads will travel to Canberra ...
