Pursuant to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act of 2009, the elected officers of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance present their annual report, together with financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2015.
MEAA is concerned by the increasing trend towards contingent work in all areas of the industries it represents, and the fact that it is now taking root in media organisations where work has historically been permanent in nature.
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance distributed more than $11 million to its members in 2014-15 as recovered wages, financial claims and performers’ residuals.
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes today’s partial reversal by the Turnbull Government of the cuts to the Australia Council’s budget and the willingness of the new Arts Minister Mitch Fifield to consult with the sector.
Ahead of a national roundtable on the future of the industry, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is warning funding pressures are jeopardising opportunities to make a career in the live performing sector.
