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Equity Meetings: Overseas performers on Australian stages

June 3, 2016 #MEAAEquity

In the coming weeks Equity will hold meetings after members raised concerns about performers being imported to work on Australian musicals.

New push to lift pay for digital journalists

May 31, 2016 #MEAAMedia News

The media industry is transforming as digital media rapidly replaces print – but working conditions for many journalists are being left behind in the analogue age.

Screen industry guilds call on political parties to support Australian content on new digital platforms

May 30, 2016 #MEAACrew #MEAAEquity

The people who make Australia’s favourite film and TV shows have called on all political parties to support the introduction of quotas on the new digital platforms now broadcasting in Australia. These include Netflix, Presto and Stan.

Online usage for TVCS

May 27, 2016 #MEAAEquity

Equity is increasingly seeing television commercial (TVC) contracts which include “all online usage” and “third party websites and online usage”.

Vic members support portable long service leave

May 27, 2016 #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity

Five MEAA members have joined a delegation of about 60 workers to the Victorian Parliament organised by Victorian Trades Hall Council as part of the campaigns to support portable long service leave and action on insecure work and labour hire.