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AFP raids an attack on press freedom, says journalists’ union

Last night’s police raids in search of the source of government documents leaked to the media again show how press freedom in Australia is under attack and needs to be an election issue, says the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance ...

New ABC redundancies the direct result of latest budget cuts

The axing of the Fact Check unit and other editorial redundancies at the ABC are the inevitable result of funding cuts in this month’s federal Budget ...

Live theatre devastated by Australia Council cuts

Australian theatre audiences, performers and stage crews are facing a bleak future as the Federal Government’s drastic arts funding cuts start to bite, says the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance ...

Adele Ferguson – on protecting whistleblowers

Adele Ferguson’s keynote address to the 2016 Press Freedom Australia Dinner, Sydney, May 6 2016 ...

MEAA’s 2016 Press Freedom Australia report

MEAA's report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2016: Criminalising the Truth, Suppressing the Right to Know is available to download here ...

Budget 2016: Arts and public broadcasting funding crisis continues as government maintains damaging course

Tonight’s federal Budget has again left the arts community and public broadcasting shortchanged with no extra funding for the arts and the prospect of further cuts to jobs and services at the ABC, says the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance ...

MEAA calls on politicians to commit to press freedom

Today, UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, calls on Australia’s politicians to commit to the principles of press freedom and the public's right to know ...

Kookaburras and Hockeyroos launch players association

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) is extending its professional representation of elite athletes with the launch of the Australian Hockey Players’ Association (AHPA). The AHPA will cover athletes in both the men’s and women’s national teams the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos ...
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