MEAA Releases

Latest releases from MEAA


Kookaburras and Hockeyroos launch players association

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) is extending its professional representation of elite athletes with the launch of the Australian Hockey Players’ Association (AHPA). The AHPA will cover athletes in both the men’s and women’s national teams the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos ...

Fairfax exempts executives but still cuts 100 journalists

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is bitterly disappointed that Fairfax Media will persist with savage cuts to its editorial staff ...

Basketballers’ Association saddened by departure of Townsville Crocs from NBL

The Australian Basketballers’ Association (ABA) is disappointed with the news that the National Basketball League’s (NBL) Townsville Crocodiles has folded ...

MEAA condemns AFP’s secret pursuit of journalist’s sources

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and professional association for Australia's journalists, is appalled that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has secretly sought to identify a journalist's confidential sources by trawling through a journalist's metadata ...

New guidelines to define what is an ethical media internship

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The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance is launching a new drive to educate interns and their employers about their legal rights following growing concerns that media students and graduates are being exploited as they seek to enter a hyper-competitive industry ...