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Hands Off Our ABC campaign comes to Warringah
Much-loved children’s television characters the Bananas In Pyjamas will join other actors and performers today to remind Warringah voters of Tony Abbott’s broken promise of “no cuts to the ABC” ...
MEAA letter to China’s Ambassador regarding the detention of Yang Hengjun
MEAA has written to China’s Ambassador to Australia regarding the arrest and detention of MEAA Media member Yang Hengjun ...
Writers and journalists call for award-winning author to be freed from Manus
Dozens of leading Australian writers and journalists have added their names to an open letter calling for acclaimed Kurdish refugee-writer-journalist Behrouz Boochani to be released from the Manus Island detention centre and resettled in Australia ...
Media union urges swift action on ABC inquiry recommendations
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union for ABC journalists, welcomes the tabling today of the report of the Senate inquiry into political interference in the ABC ...
A Message of Solidarity from Australian and New Zealand Performers
We stand in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA during its strike against ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Inc. (BBH) ...
Federal Court to hear ‘sham contracting’ appeal
An appeal hearing in the Federal Court tomorrow will help to clarify whether actors engaged on long-running shows are employees or independent contractors ...
MEAA statement to the inquiry into political interference in the ABC
Statement by MEAA chief executive Paul Murphy to a public hearing of the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee as part of its inquiry into allegations of political interference in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) - in Sydney, Tuesday March 5 2019. MEAA expressed grave concerns with the conduct of ...
Nine management opens offers for Fairfax ACM group
A union delegation from regional ACM mastheads is convening along with representatives from the Canberra Times, the Illawarra Mercury and the Newcastle Herald to ensure all levels of the business – metro, regional daily and country non-daily – have their views represented as Nine Publishing puts the former Fairfax regional ...
