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Balibo victims to be honoured with new journalism scholarship

Releases
On the 40th anniversary of their deaths at the hands of Indonesian troops, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) will commemorate the Balibo Five by establishing a permanent scholarship in their name to develop journalism skills in East Timor ...

Journalists’ sources at risk as data retention begins

Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, has condemned tomorrow’s start of the data retention regime, which will require telecommunications companies to retain the telecommunications data of their customers for a period of two years in order to enable at least 21 ...

Address to the 2015 Melbourne Press Freedom Dinner by MEAA CEO Paul Murphy

Speeches
I’d like to acknowledge, and pay my respects to, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet: the Elders, past and present, of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation ...

Address to the 2015 Melbourne Press Freedom Dinner by Nine Network political editor Laurie Oakes

Speeches
As concern over terrorism grew last year, Tony Abbott told us: “The delicate balance between freedom and security may have to shift”. Well, the balance between press freedom and security certainly shifted. Tonight I want to make a number of points about that ...

Cabinet reshuffle can be a fresh start for arts sector, says MEAA

Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the appointment of Senator Mitch Fifield to Minister for Communications and Minister for the Arts as an opportunity to press the restart button ...

Joint submission on NSW privacy

Submissions
Joint media organisations' submission to the Law and Justice Committee regarding its inquiry into remedies for the serious invasion of privacy in New South Wales.  ...

MEAA condemns Vodafone’s pursuit of journalist’s sources

Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industrial advocate for Australia’s journalists, has written to Mr Iñaki Berroeta, chief executive officer of Vodafone Hutchison Australia to complain about a Vodafone employee accessing the phone records of a MEAA member, investigative journalist Natalie O’Brien of Fairfax Media, with ...

MEAA recovers $100,000 for Avenue Q actors and musicians

Releases
Twelve performers on the satirical musical Avenue Q have finally been paid after MEAA took legal action to recover $114,000 that was owed to them. The performers turned to their union after the money was frozen during a legal dispute between the show’s producer and his ex-employer ...
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