Thousands of casual workers employed at Victorian public sector venues closed by COVID-19 have been granted a financial lifeline after the Andrews Government today announced a wage subsidy ...

Today’s release of new official data reinforces a sad truth: workers in Australia’s creative and performance sectors are struggling to make ends meet in the absence of JobKeeper eligibility ...

The Berejiklian Government must act urgently to rescue Sydney’s Carriageworks performance and exhibition space after it was placed in voluntary administration yesterday ...

MEAA has described as callous the way that Bauer Media’ staff learned that up to 60 jobs would be lost and another 15 people would be stood down. The announcement was made by management in a Zoom meeting yesterday ...

On the release of its annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia today, the union for Australian journalists is calling for serious reforms to reverse a raft of ‘national security’ laws that can be used to criminalise journalism and punish whistleblowers for telling the truth, and which ...

The War on Journalism is MEAA’s annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2020. The MEAA press freedom reports are released on UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, May 3, every year. Download the document below or read the online version ...

The slide in Australia’s position on the World Press Freedom Index shows the government must reverse its assaults on press freedom ...

Moves to make digital platforms begin to compensate media organisations for the content they have been using for free will go some way towards providing a sustainable future for public interest journalism in Australia ...