The Chilling Effect – MEAA’s press freedom report 2017

The Chilling Effect - the report into the State of Press Freedom in Australia in 2017 ...

Fairfax marks World Press Freedom Day by cutting 25 per cent of its journalists

MEAA is appalled at the decision of Fairfax Media management to cut 125 full-time equivalent positions, or 25 per cent of its journalists, from its metropolitan newspapers ...

The Chilling Effect – the 2017 press freedom report

The AFP access a journalist's phone call data without a warrant in a secret hunt for whistleblowers ...

Independent financing of ABC drama and comedy should not be feared

A new essay written by the former director of television at the ABC is a timely and worthwhile contribution to the debate about the future of the public broadcaster and its role in nurturing a home grown screen industry ...

MEAA CEO Paul Murphy’s speech to the 2017 Press Freedom Australia media dinner

MEAA CEO Paul Murphy delivered this speech to the 2017 Press Freedom Dinner in Sydney on April 28 ...

AFP officer accesses journalist’s call metadata without a warrant

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is appalled at the revelation an Australian Federal Police officer has been able to access a journalist’s telecommunications data without being granted the necessary Journalists Information Warrant ...

Cuts to kids’ TV quotas must be resisted

Australia’s commercial free-to-air broadcasters and the emerging streaming video-on-demand (SVOD) sector must not be allowed to walk away from an obligation to support original, home-grown children’s television ...

Vote of no confidence in News Corp management

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This resolution was carried unanimously by News Corp editorial staff in Brisbane at a meeting today: "This meeting of editorial employees in Brisbane moves a Vote of No Confidence in senior national News Corp management.  Yesterday (April 11) staff were told there would be a restructure of the business, including photography and ...