MEAA submission on VIC creative industries

Submissions
MEAA submission to Submission to Creative Victoria’s Creative Industries Strategy discussion paper.  ...

Joint submission on Citizenship Bill

Submissions
Joint media organisations' submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) regarding the impact on news gathering and reporting by the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015.  ...

MEAA submission on Arts budget cuts

Submissions
MEAA submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee inquiry into the Impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the Arts.  ...

MEAA submission on identifying company directors

Submissions
MEAA submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into barriers to setting up, transferring and closing a business and identify options for reducing barriers where appropriate - in response to a proposal regarding identifying company directors.  ...

Joint answer to INSLM s35P questions

Submissions
Joint Media Organisations' responses to questions taken on notice at the public hearing into the impact on journalists in the operation of section 35P of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation Act (ASIO Act).  ...

Joint letter on data retention warrant regulations

Submissions
Joint media organisations' letter to Attorney-General George Brandis regarding the regulations to implement the Journalist Information Warrant (JIW) scheme pursuant to section 180X of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.  ...

Press Freedom Report 2015

Reports
Going after Whistleblowers, Going after Journalism - the 2015 report into the state of Press Freedom in Australia looks at the most dangerous threats to public interest journalism in peacetime, with the tranches of national security laws enacted by the Australian Parliament. The laws threaten to persecute and prosecute whistleblowers ...

MEAA letter to AFP re Anzac Day incident

Submissions
MEAA letter to AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin regarding an incident on Anzac Day in Canberra where a journalist from NITV/SBS was told by members of the Australian Federal Police that he was misusing a Commonwealth asset while using camera equipment owned by the network which was being used to legitimately report an event ...