MEAA Releases

Latest releases from MEAA


ACCC decision a blow for WA community and media diversity

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The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is disappointed at the decision of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to allow the sale of News Corp Australia’s Sunday Times and PerthNow to Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media (SWM), owner of The ...

Freelance photographers win back their place on the track

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Independent freelance racing photographers can continue photographing race meetings. Several Victorian freelance photographers have now been successful in being able to continue to earn an income as independent photographers during the remainder of the 2015-16 racing season The win comes after the photographers secured the backing of MEAA and a broad range of racing ...

Aussie film crew miss out on offshore feature due to government indecision

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MEAA is disappointed that Australian film production crew have lost the opportunity to work on international feature Tomb Raider, which is now set to film in South Africa with a scheduled release in March 2018. The production has reportedly relocated after the federal government failed to confirm an increase to ...

ASIC Registry tender threatens press freedom

MEAA has written to Finance Minister Senator Mathias Cormann to express concerns over possible press freedom concerns that may arise over the Government's intention top put the ASIC Registry database out to tender.  ...

Fair Work ends probe

MEAA understands that the Fair Work Ombudsman has completed its investigation of industrial action by employees of Fairfax Media between Thursday, 17 March 2016 and Sunday, 20 March this year. MEAA was served with a wide-ranging Notice to Produce by the FWO on 22 April 2016. MEAA wrote to the FWO in May ...