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‘Mates Over Merit: The Women In Media Report’

The data in this report was collected via a national online survey of about 1000 women in media at the end of 2015. The survey was developed by Women in Media, a national mentoring and networking initiative run by women from across the media spectrum, backed by the Media, Entertainment and Arts ...

MEAA submission on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Rural and Regional Advocacy) Bill 2015

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This submission is made to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee inquiry into the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Rural and Regional Advocacy) Bill 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 to ensure the ABC responsibilities in regional and rural areas are articulated in its ...

Address by MEAA President Simon Collins to 2016 Federal Council, Sydney

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MEAA President Simon Collins addressing the 2016 Federal Council in Sydney. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners, past and present, of the land on which this meeting is taking place, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Welcome colleagues to the 2016 meeting of the Federal ...

MEAA condemns APN’s sale of regional media

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The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, condemns APN News & Media for abandoning regional media and the communities it serves ...

Tread carefully on public broadcasting merger

Any moves to merge Australia’s national broadcasters with the purpose of finding savings or “efficiencies” must be treated with extreme caution ...

Asia-Pacific the deadliest region for journalists globally

Joint International Federation of Journalists-Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance media release: Today the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) launched the IFJ 25th Killed List report, Journalists and Media Staff Killed 1990-2015: 25 years of contribution towards Safer Journalism at ...

Opening address to Victorian inquiry into the labour hire industry and insecure work

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Following is the opening address made by MEAA Victoria and Tasmania regional director Carolyn Dunbar to the Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into the Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work in Melbourne on Monday, February 8, 2016. Read the MEAA submission here. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to our written submissions ...

STC management ‘ignoring staff safety’

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The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance will today (Thursday) take the Sydney Theatre Company to the Fair Work Commission over concerns that STC management is putting its commercial interests ahead of the health and safety of its staff ...
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