A landmark meeting of freelance media workers from all over Australia has endorsed a new charter of rights that will form the foundation of campaigning to set a floor for pay and conditions and protect quality journalism.
Regional and rural journalists are overworked, underpaid and pessimistic about the future of their careers and the outlets they work for.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has concluded ballots for all union offices. You can find the AEC’s declarations concerning uncontested positions and contested positions here.
Thanks to all the members who put their names forward for consideration.
Today’s announcement of an $87 million increase in funding to the ABC is a drop in the ocean after more than half a billion dollars of cuts by the Coalition Government since 2014, says the union for Australia’s media workers.
In this submission to the House of Representatives inquiry into regional Australian newspapers, MEAA says local public interest journalism must be seen as an indispensable part of a community’s civic infrastructure – in all communities.
Regional and rural communities, in particular, are being progressively denied local public interest journalism for the reasons set out in this submission. The tide must be ...
