High Court decision is a vindication for award-winning journalism

Yesterday’s decision of the High Court of Australia ends Ben Roberts-Smith’s attempt to pursue defamation claims against MEAA members Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters and their colleagues at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

The Gold Walkley Award-winning journalism is once again fully vindicated.

Roberts-Smith’s reputation must be measured against what was disclosed and demonstrated by that journalism.

MEAA, the union representing media ...

Axing of Meanjin does not add up

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is dismayed by a decision by Melbourne University Publishing to axe one of the nation’s longest-running literary journals, Meanjin.

Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Whistleblower Protection Act – MEAA

Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Whistleblower Protection Authority Act Bill 2025 (No. 2)

Big Tech agreement to ‘Stop Creative Theft’ a win for media and creative workers

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) welcomes the acknowledgment by technology companies of the rights of Australia’s media and creative workforce and willingness to pay for the content they use to develop their highly profitable AI models.

MEAA chief executive Erin Madely said the union was looking forward to sitting down with the Tech Council of Australia and the ACTU ...

ABC journalists concerned about social media policy overreach

Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance journalists at the ABC are deeply committed to upholding public trust through providing ethical, fair and accurate journalism and storytelling to the public.

Every day, they face attack from external stakeholders.

While the social media policy provides some clarity around what employees are deemed “high risk”, in doing so, it appears to target particular ABC staff based ...