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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 ...

Nuanced review of crisis in opera is welcomed

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the public release of the National Opera Review and the recognition that extra funding is needed to rescue a sector of the arts that is in crisis ...

MEAA extends sympathy over MCEC death

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MEAA members working at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre extend their sympathy to the family and workmates of a man who was killed while working on the expansion of the centre on Wednesday afternoon ...

VET reforms pose threat to cultural sector

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The next wave of Australian acting talent will be put at risk by a federal government decision to axe hundreds of vocational education and training courses, warns the union for Australian performers ...