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Casting decision snubs local talent

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The decision to cast an international actor to play the lead in a new production of the musical Pippin is another snub of the enormous well of Australian theatrical talent ...

Response to 2020-21 Budget Statement

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Responding to the 2020-21 Budget announced tonight by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, MEAA Chief Executive Paul Murphy said ...

Government fails the content test in another blow for the screen industry

The failure of the federal government to introduce local content rules for streaming video services will hasten more screen industry job losses in the wake of COVID-19 ...

Screen industry ready to play a role in economic recovery

Up to 15,000 jobs are at risk if the federal government adopts recommendations from commercial television lobbyists ...

Statement by the Equity Diversity Committee on the Rob Guest Endowment

The following statement has been issued by the Equity Diversity Committee in response to the cancellation of the 2020 Rob Guest Endowment: ...

Workers rally to save Opera Australia

Workers from Opera Australia will today stage a musical performance before calling on the Minister for the Arts, Paul Fletcher, to step in to save jobs from a company restructure forced upon it by COVID-19 ...

Adelaide Review’s closure shows how local media is hurting

MEAA, the union for Australia’s journalists, says the announcement that the Adelaide Review will close on October 2 indicates just how much local and community media outlets are hurting. The Review has announced that its 488th edition will be its last ...

MEAA condemns China’s harassment of Australian journalists

MEAA is outraged at China’s heavy handed treatment of Australian journalists Bill Birtles of the ABC and Mike Smith of the Australian Financial Review forcing them to evacuate the country, and the arrest and secret detention of Australian journalist and CGTN news anchor Cheng Lei ...
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