Victorian union members have today backed the MUA campaign to end the extreme exploitation on Carnival Cruise ships based in Australia and will meet the Carnival Adventure when it arrives in Port Melbourne for the Australian Open tomorrow (Jan 21).
Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Organiser Shane Reside said “Carnival Cruises is paying its crew as little as $2.50 an hour ...
MEAA members condemn the vicious and specious attacks on cartoonist member Cathy Wilcox, and call on Nine Entertainment to stand by its Charter of Editorial Independence and support staff who face online harassment.
Wilcox’s cartoon “Grass roots” is a comment on the political motivations and power dynamics behind the push for a Royal Commission into the ISIS-inspired terrorist attack at a ...
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union representing workers in Australia’s media and creative industries, calls on the Federal Parliament to reject the Federal Government’s new proposed legislation, the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026.
The proposal undermines core principles of press freedom and freedom of artistic expression and poses a threat to our democracy.
Journalists, creative workers, and ...
MEAA condemns Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to cancel a scheduled appearance of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah at Adelaide Writers’ Week. The union fully supports all members who have withdrawn from the festival in solidarity.
Adelaide Writer’s Week has long been a place for bold ideas and freedom of expression.
The Festival Board’s suggestion that the mere presence of a Palestinian novelist who has ...
MEAA members at SBS have rejected an enterprise agreement offer proposed by management that failed to include a fair pay rise or adequate protections around the use of artificial intelligence — their first no vote in more than a decade.
The vote follows ABC’s rejection of a similarly unfair offer last month and means media workers at both public broadcasters are ...
