Hundreds of screen workers held a mass meeting in Sydney today and have committed to campaign to reverse cuts of $60 million to screen industry funding in the NSW Budget that will have a devastating impact on employment and small business.
The status of New South Wales as a world leader in the screen industry has been thrown into immediate jeopardy by the state government’s decision to go ahead with cuts to funding in next week’s Budget
Cuts to funding for screen production in New South Wales would damage the state’s credibility and competitiveness as a global film and television powerhouse, warns the union for screen workers.
MEAA strongly supports the development of a NSW cultural policy and recommends that the policy be conceived as a comprehensive approach, relevant to all executive government portfolios. We recommend the policy should aim to support and reinforce the Commonwealth Government’s Revive policy
...MEAA has consistently pointed to a number of serious concerns in relation to attempts of political influence by government over public broadcaster editorial decision making and related governance concerns as well lack of funding certainty.
MEAA has suggested governance and funding options to strengthen the editorial independence and strength of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to prosecute its charter obligations1 and ...
