MEAA Submissions

Latest submissions from MEAA


NSW Cultural Policy submission

MEAA strongly supports the development of a NSW cultural policy and recommends that the policy be conceived as a comprehensive approach, relevant to all executive government portfolios. We recommend the policy should aim to support and reinforce the Commonwealth Government’s Revive policy ...

MEAA submission to review of options to support national broadcasters independence

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MEAA has consistently pointed to a number of serious concerns in relation to attempts of political influence by government over public broadcaster editorial decision making and related governance concerns as well lack of funding certainty. MEAA has suggested governance and funding options to strengthen the editorial independence and strength of ...

MEAA submission on misinformation and disinformation

MEAA makes this submission in response to the Australian Government’s draft Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023. It says that in combatting misinformation and disinformation, it is important to achieve a balance between protecting the public from serious harm from misinformation and disinformation and ensuring fundamental rights ...

MEAA submission on safe and responsible AI in Australia

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The rapid advancement and distribution of AI – in particular, generative AI – holds remarkable promise for societies, businesses and individuals, but also poses unique threats to our members’ work, income, rights and creative agency, and to the continuation of Australian voices in a sustainable media and entertainment industry ...

MEAA submission to the Senate inquiry into the National Cultural Policy

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This submission is made by MEAA to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications inquiry into the National Cultural Policy, Revive. MEAA considers Revive to be a landmark document. It is our nation’s first consolidated cultural policy in a decade. It follows what many in the arts community consider ...