A landmark meeting of freelance media workers from all over Australia has endorsed a new charter of rights that will form the foundation of campaigning to set a floor for pay and conditions and protect quality journalism ...
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Regional and rural journalists are overworked, underpaid and pessimistic about the future of their careers and the outlets they work for ...
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Today’s announcement of an $87 million increase in funding to the ABC is a drop in the ocean after more than half a billion dollars of cuts by the Coalition Government since 2014, says the union for Australia’s media workers ...
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In this submission to the House of Representatives inquiry into regional Australian newspapers, MEAA says local public interest journalism must be seen as an indispensable part of a community’s civic infrastructure – in all communities. Regional and rural communities, in particular, are being progressively denied local public interest journalism for ...
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It is with great sadness that MEAA acknowledges today’s Queensland Coroner’s findings concerning the death of our former member, Johann Ofner, in January 2017 ...
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A slump in domestic television drama production over the past year shows the need to maintain local content rules for both free-to-air and subscription TV ...
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Australia’s screen sector today warmly welcomed the passage through Parliament of measures to increase the level of support for screen content provided through vital tax incentives ...
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The New South Wales government must back moves to introduce a minimum fee for music gigs to end the exploitation and rip offs in the live music sector ...
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