MEAA Media Room


Comments in response to INSLM Issues Paper – SLAID Act

January 10, 2025 Phill Lappin MediaRoom Submissions

MEAA comments in response to INSLM Issues Paper, Data Disruption, network activity and account takeover warrants in the Crimes Act 1914 and Surveillance Devices Act 2004.

MEAA’s interest in the questions arising in the Issues Paper concerns mitigating the risk that the use of SLAID warrants may, in particular circumstances, be destructive to the public interest in the work of journalists ...

New ABC boss presents opportunity for a reset

December 17, 2024 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Releases

New ABC managing director Hugh Marks must seize the opportunity to make cultural change in the organisation and to restore the confidence of editorial staff that senior management will always have their backs.

News MAP funding a welcome leg up for Australian journalism

December 16, 2024 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Releases

The union for Australian journalists welcomes the delivery by the federal government of more than $150 million to support the sustainability of public interest journalism over the next four years.

Media union welcomes government scheme to force tech giants to pay for journalism

December 12, 2024 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Releases

The union for Australian journalists cautiously welcomes moves by the federal government to force global digital platforms to compensate media outlets for content shared on their platforms or face hefty penalties.

Evidence is clear; urgent action needed on AI creative theft

November 27, 2024 Mark Phillips #stopAItheft MediaRoom Releases

A Parliamentary committee has recognised the urgent need for legislation to protect Australia’s creative and media landscape from the rapacious behaviour of the big Artificial Intelligence developers – now the government must act