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Latest releases from MEAA


Antoinette Lattouf wins unlawful termination case against ABC

MediaRoom, Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the Federal Court’s finding that journalist Antoinette Lattouf was unlawfully terminated by the ABC. Today’s result sends a clear message: the ABC Chair and management failed in their obligations to push back against outside influence, racism, and bullying. MEAA Chief Executive Erin Madeley ...

Mismanagement of our ABC must stop

MediaRoom, Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance has condemned the latest cuts to secure jobs and diverse voices at the ABC. MEAA Chief Executive Erin Madeley said mismanagement and cuts to staff and public interest reporting and programming was undermining the ABC’s mandate. “The ABC is one of Australia’s most important ...

ABC management sued for breach of Fair Work Act over the abuse of insecure fixed-term contracts

MediaRoom, Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance has initiated Federal Court proceedings against the ABC, accusing management of forcing staff into successive fixed-term contracts in breach of the Fair Work Act. The case, which MEAA is pursuing on behalf of a member employed on a long-running television program, is seeking to ...

Union for creative and media workers urges support for Australia’s film industry, stories, and jobs

MediaRoom, Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is aware of social media comments by the US President regarding a potential tariff on movies produced in “Foreign Lands”. No detail has been released, and it is unclear what impact there would be for the Australian film industry if this proposal were to ...

Critical national arts funding must be preserved and protected from political interference

MediaRoom, Releases
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) welcomes the initiative from both the Labor and Liberal parties to build a Jewish Arts Quarter in Melbourne, celebrating the contribution of Jewish Australians to our national story ...