MEAA statement on outsourcing at Pacific Magazines

MEAA is concerned that Seven West’s division Pacific Magazines has announced 11 redundancies and flagged the outsourcing of sub-editing to Pagemasters.

Director of MEAA Media Katelin McInerney said: “Cutting in-house expertise is a short-sighted move that seeks to cut costs while ultimately undermining quality. Sub-editing is a highly developed skill and removing that capability from within your publishing business inevitably comes ...

Tax time for performers

In recent years the ATO has targeted performers for auditing. Unfortunately this has meant some performers having to back pay money and fines to the ATO. You can avoid being in this position by ensuring that you only make genuine deductions and that you understand what you are claiming.

It’s just not cricket

Julie Davis has been checking tickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for 16 years and is wheelchair bound. She loves her job.

MEAA keeping members informed at Ten

MEAA is holding a teleconference Q&A session today for members employed at Network Ten.

MEAA members support Network Ten colleagues

MEAA is concerned for colleagues employed at Network Ten after the company announced it was placing its shares in a trading halt.