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Film funding top up welcome, but permanent solution still needed
An additional $140 million in funding to attract major offshore screen productions to Australia will create new opportunities for cast and crew, but is not a long-term solution, says the union for performers and crew ...
Criminalising Journalism – MEAA’s 2018 report into the state of press freedom
Criminalising Journalism is MEAA’s annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2018. This report is released on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, every year. Read an online version at pressfreedom.org.au ...
Press freedom in Australia “getting worse”: survey
Press freedom in Australia has deteriorated over the past decade according to a survey of more than 1200 people conducted by MEAA ...
Local coverage to suffer as ABC cuts journalistic experience
The ABC’s decision today to axe 20 journalists around Australia will undoubtedly impact local newsrooms ...
Digital media publishers must lift their game and support their staff
The series of errors which led to the sacking of a Daily Mail Australia reporter this week are symptomatic of the lack of resources and absence of oversight experienced by young journalists in digital media ...
Treat Facebook and Google like media companies
Digital giants like Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube should be regulated like other media companies and forced to contribute a percentage of their revenue towards public interest journalism, says the union for Australian media workers. In a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s digital platforms inquiry, the Media, ...
MEAA submission to the ACCC inquiry into digital platforms
On April 10, 2018, MEAA provided this submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s digital platforms inquiry. ...
MEAA condemns shooting of Gaza journalist
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, strongly condemns the targeting and shooting of journalists during protests in the southern Gaza strip on Friday ...
