MEAA Releases
Latest releases from MEAA
Cabinet reshuffle can be a fresh start for arts sector, says MEAA
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the appointment of Senator Mitch Fifield to Minister for Communications and Minister for the Arts as an opportunity to press the restart button ...
MEAA condemns Vodafone’s pursuit of journalist’s sources
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industrial advocate for Australia’s journalists, has written to Mr Iñaki Berroeta, chief executive officer of Vodafone Hutchison Australia to complain about a Vodafone employee accessing the phone records of a MEAA member, investigative journalist Natalie O’Brien of Fairfax Media, with ...
MEAA recovers $100,000 for Avenue Q actors and musicians
Twelve performers on the satirical musical Avenue Q have finally been paid after MEAA took legal action to recover $114,000 that was owed to them. The performers turned to their union after the money was frozen during a legal dispute between the show’s producer and his ex-employer ...
Arts union welcomes ALP commitment to reverse Australia Council cuts
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union and industry advocate for media and arts professionals, welcomes the commitment by the federal opposition to restore funding to the Australia Council that was removed in this year’s Budget ...
ABC needs more funding to service regional Australia
A new report about the ABC has reinforced concerns that the national broadcaster is struggling to fill gaps left by cuts to local commercial media, says the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance ...
