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MEAA CEO Paul Murphy speech at the 2016 Walkley Awards

Thanks David and good evening everyone. I wish to acknowledge and pay my respects to the Elders, past and present, of the Yuggera and Turubul peoples – the traditional custodians of the lands in the Brisbane area. The Walkley award for Freelance Journalist of the Year was presented at a ...

Media union goes to Fair Work to get paid overtime for journalists

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The Fair Work Commission will today hear an application by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance to vary the two key Awards governing working conditions in the media to ensure that journalists are financially compensated for any overtime they work ...

New casting guidelines lead the way on use of overseas performers

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The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is calling on other theatrical producers to follow the example of the Michael Cassel Group in adopting transparent guidelines for the engagement of overseas performers on Australian stages ...

MEAA Annual Report 2015-2016

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Pursuant to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act of 2009, the elected officers of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance present their annual report, together with financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2016 ...

ABC must explain strategy following latest cuts

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia's journalists, is calling on ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie to outline her strategy for the broadcaster following today’s announced budget cuts, job losses and major programming changes at ABC Radio National (RN) ...

Farewell message to Weekly Review staff

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The following remarks were made by Carolyn Dunbar, MEAA Victoria & Tasmania regional director, at farewell event for editorial staff of the Weekly Review on their last day before redundancy: ...

MEAA insists no forced redundancies at News Corp

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MEAA has called on News Corp Australia to confirm that there will be no forced redundancies as part of its latest round of cost savings measures. Yesterday the company announced it would find $40 million in savings and said that there would also be job losses as part of the ...

ABC staff agreement reached against backdrop of heavy cuts and increased work intensification

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance — the union representing journalists and other editorial staff at the ABC — welcomes the finalisation of bargaining at the national broadcaster following an overwhelming vote this week in favour a new collective agreement ...
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