MEAA submission to ACCC re: News Corp-Seven West Media
This submission is made on behalf of Media Section of the Western Australian branch of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), which represents journalists, photographers and graphic artists who work for SWM’s WA Newspapers (WAN) and News Corporation’s print operations in Perth and who are all directly affected in ...
End the ‘cold war’ on whistleblowers, journalists and the public’s right to know
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union for Australian journalists, is calling on all political parties to commit to better protection of whistleblowers and public interest journalism ...
Whistleblowers needs support, not harassment
MEAA wants the cold war on whistleblowers, journalists and the public’s right to know to end. We have been disturbed by Government and its agencies hunting whistleblowers and ignoring the misconduct and untruths that honest people want to bring to public attention. Our members are tired of political inconvenience and ...
2016 Federal Election MEAA Arts Policies
MEAA members and the broader arts community have witnessed damaging cuts to arts funding in the current term of federal government. In particular, the Australia Council’s budget has been cut by over $100 million and Screen Australia has had $50 million cut. Budget forecasts give us no comfort that this ...
MEAA submission to Productivity Commission on Intellectual Property
MEAA supports the existing copyright law framework. We believe statute and policy shifts should be modest and limited to situations where compelling evidence suggests a misfit between the law and community needs and expectations ...
Healthy debate puts arts funding on the election agenda, but Coalition missing in action
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union and industry advocate for media and arts professionals, has welcomed the healthy debate about the future of arts funding in Australia and looks forward to further commitments from political parties as election day nears ...
Coalition should match ALP commitment to restore OzCo funding
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union and industry advocate for media and arts professionals, welcomes today’s pledges by the Labor Party to fully restore funding to the Australia Council and boost local drama on the ABC if it is elected on July 2 ...
Statement on the Australian Press Council
MEAA’s National Media Section committee has issued the following statement about the Australian Press Council: ...
