MEAA Releases

Latest releases from MEAA


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 ...

MEAA says ACCC must protect diversity in WA media

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, believes the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) statement of issues has correctly highlighted serious concerns regarding the sale of News Corporation’s The Sunday Times and PerthNow digital news web site to Kerry Stokes’ Seven ...

Inaugural Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowships announced

#MEAAMedia, MediaRoom, Releases
Four journalists from East Timor have been announced as the inaugural recipients of the Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowship, an initiative of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA ...

Landmark new deal gets the green light from Aussie actors

#MEAAEquity, MediaRoom, Releases
Australian performers have overwhelmingly backed a new agreement which will for the first time properly value their work on digital platforms. The new Australian Television Repeats and Residuals Agreement (ATRRA) will come into effect today following three years of negotiations between Equity, the union for Australian performers, and Screen Producers ...