Statement on the Australian Press Council

MEAA’s National Media Section committee has issued the following statement about the Australian Press Council:

AFP raids an attack on press freedom, says journalists’ union

Last night’s police raids in search of the source of government documents leaked to the media again show how press freedom in Australia is under attack and needs to be an election issue, says the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.

New ABC redundancies the direct result of latest budget cuts

The axing of the Fact Check unit and other editorial redundancies at the ABC are the inevitable result of funding cuts in this month’s federal Budget.

Live theatre devastated by Australia Council cuts

Australian theatre audiences, performers and stage crews are facing a bleak future as the Federal Government’s drastic arts funding cuts start to bite, says the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance.

Resolutions passed by MEAA members at Fairfax Sydney, May 10, 2016

Resolution passed by staff at Fairfax Metros during a stopwork meeting in Sydney on May 10, 2016:

We, the staff of the Sydney and Melbourne editorial news floors want to recognise the decades of experience that are walking out the door. We are disgusted that the company did not take all the steps it could to minimise these job losses, and has broken hearts ...