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MEAA Submission on the National Cultural Policy

October 27, 2025 Phill Lappin MediaRoom Submissions

This submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry provides feedback on potential tax reform measures to boost the productivity of Australia’s arts and creative sectors and on the opportunities and challenges for Australia’s arts and creative sectors associated with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

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Copyright protections a first step in protecting workers from AI theft

October 27, 2025 Phill Lappin MediaRoom Releases

The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the announcement by the Federal Government that Australian law will not be watered down to permit free access to Australian creative works.

MEAA Chief Executive Erin Madeley said this was a major win in the campaign to stop AI theft and force big tech to pay up for the theft of creative work happening ...

50th anniversary of the ‘Balibo Five’ sparks renewed calls to protect journalists in conflict zones

October 16, 2025 Phill Lappin MediaRoom Releases

The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance joins with media colleagues in Australia and Timor-Leste to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ‘Balibo Five’. 

Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, Tony Stewart, Malcolm Rennie, and Brian Peters were killed by Indonesian forces in the village of Balibo on October 16, 1975, after witnessing an incursion. 

The New South Wales Coroner subsequently found that the journalists, ...

TasTAFE cuts to hurt students, staff and the state’s creative sector

October 15, 2025 Phill Lappin MediaRoom Other statements Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) strongly condemns plans by TasTAFE to scrap creative and media courses and sack the highly skilled staff who run them, following news of funding cuts.

If the plan goes ahead, Tasmanians will lose the ability to study visual arts, design, music, screen and media, fashion and textiles — among other courses — through TAFE, ...

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 – MEAA

October 2, 2025 Phill Lappin MediaRoom Submissions

This submission relates to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee’s inquiry into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Amendment Bill 2025.

In this submission, MEAA argues that the government’s proposed reforms would result in serious detriment to the public interest. They would make the federal FOI system less accessible, knock out all but the simplest requests, shield more documents from the ...