Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) members and Private Media have reached an agreement on industry-leading conditions for AI, First Nations cultural and ceremonial leave, and reproductive health leave.
In an industry first, Private Media has explicitly stated in its new enterprise agreement that AI would not replace human workers, with all output to have human oversight.
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Australia’s creative and media workers welcome the federal government’s commitment to establishing ongoing protections and monitoring of AI developments to ensure good jobs and the maintenance of robust creative and media sectors.
Australians need and deserve to have confidence in a strong media industry that is untainted by AI deception and a cultural sector where human creativity is the foundational value.
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Australia’s largest screen industry guilds and industry organisations today welcome the passage of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video on Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025 through the Parliament.
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), Australian Directors Guild (ADG), Australian Writers Guild (AWG) and Screen Producers Australia (SPA) have been formally campaigning together for “reform of local ...
Staff at the ABC have voted to reject management’s insulting enterprise agreement offer, which sought to undermine previous wins, threaten to stall careers and worsen job insecurity.
Members of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance at the ABC are not only fighting for fair pay and conditions but for the future of the national broadcaster.
MEAA Chief Executive Erin Madeley said staff would ...
Almost half the nation’s musicians are earning less than $15,000 a year in an industry where underpayment and broken contracts are rife, and the emergence of artificial intelligence is threatening the future viability of work.
Fresh data released by Musicians Australia, a division of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), has detailed the widespread exploitation of professional musicians by ...
