MEAA Releases

Latest releases from MEAA


MEAA resolutions on Julian Assange and AFP raids – passed by the IFJ Congress in Tunis

Urgent resolutions moved by MEAA regarding the US indictments against Julian Assange (Urgent Resolution One), and the Australian Federal Police raids on the home of a News Corporation journalists and the offices of the ABC (Urgent Resolution Five) - carried at the International Federation of Journalists' 30th World Congress at ...

Second AFP raid a disturbing ‘new normal’ that seeks to criminalise journalism

Two raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on journalists and media organisations within the last 24 hours represent a disturbing attempt to intimidate legitimate news journalism that is in the public interest ...

Police raid on a journalist’s home

This morning’s raid by Federal Police on the home of a respected Canberra Press Gallery journalist is an outrageous attack on press freedom that seeks to punish a journalist for reporting a legitimate news story that was clearly in the public interest ...

ABC staff condemn alleged editorial interference by Adani

MEAA members at the ABC have called on their leadership to address allegations of editorial interference by Adani ...

55 jobs to go at News Corp

MEAA condemns News Corp Australia's announcement that it will cut 55 editorial positions from its mastheads around the country, with almost a third of the cuts to be made to Victorian newsrooms ...