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 ...
Fairfax editorial staff vote to take industrial action for seven days
In stop-work meetings today, Fairfax editorial staff voted to take industrial action for seven days. Staff are disgusted at the company’s decision to cut 25 per cent of its journalists as part of $30 million in cost savings. The decision means that 125 full-time equivalent positions will be lost. The ...
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 ...
