Government must resist the demands of Big Tech on AI and support Australian workers and interests

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance is urging the federal government to continue to pursue comprehensive economy-wide laws to regulate the unfettered rollout of artificial intelligence, which poses an existential threat to Australia’s media and creative industries.

MEAA is both disappointed and concerned by media reports suggesting Labor is considering veering away from new laws that would help mitigate AI’s potential ...

MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance condemns the continued targeted killing of media workers in Gaza and the baseless smearing of working journalists as “terrorists”, following the deaths of five Al Jazeera staff over the weekend

Al Jazeera journalists Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa were killed on Sunday when Israel ...

Productivity Commission’s shortsighted recommendations are a blueprint for theft of nation’s creative and cultural assets

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance is dismayed by recommendations proposed by the Productivity Commission today, including its resistance to much-needed legislation and regulation that would protect Australia’s creative and media workforce from AI theft.

The Productivity Commission’s interim report, ‘Harnessing data and digital technology’, is a blueprint for the wholesale theft of Australia’s art, media, and cultural heritage that will do ...

MEAA Board statement on the March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Nearly 200 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli forces since October 2023.

Beyond the more than 50,000 civilians already killed in this conflict, our colleagues continue to work in Gaza under sickness, starvation and bombardment to bring news ...

Submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable

This is MEAA’s submission to the Federal Government’s Economic Reform Roundtable.

In it, MEAA raises concerns about OpenAI’s claim that the uptake of Artificial Intelligence can boost the Australian economy by up to $115 billion. These claims overlook the significant negative repercussions of AI on the labour market, including on creative and media workers.

In order to ameliorate the negative impacts on ...