MEAA Releases
Latest releases from MEAA
Fairfax editorial staff vote to take industrial action for seven days
In stop-work meetings today, Fairfax editorial staff voted to take industrial action for seven days. Staff are disgusted at the company’s decision to cut 25 per cent of its journalists as part of $30 million in cost savings. The decision means that 125 full-time equivalent positions will be lost. The ...
Fairfax marks World Press Freedom Day by cutting 25 per cent of its journalists
MEAA is appalled at the decision of Fairfax Media management to cut 125 full-time equivalent positions, or 25 per cent of its journalists, from its metropolitan newspapers ...
The Chilling Effect – the 2017 press freedom report
The AFP access a journalist's phone call data without a warrant in a secret hunt for whistleblowers ...
Independent financing of ABC drama and comedy should not be feared
A new essay written by the former director of television at the ABC is a timely and worthwhile contribution to the debate about the future of the public broadcaster and its role in nurturing a home grown screen industry ...
AFP officer accesses journalist’s call metadata without a warrant
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is appalled at the revelation an Australian Federal Police officer has been able to access a journalist’s telecommunications data without being granted the necessary Journalists Information Warrant ...
