Following is an edited speech delivered by MEAA Media Federal President Karen Percy to the 69th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism in Sydney on November 19, 2024 ...

MEAA Federal President Michael Balk delivered this speech at a vigil to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Brisbane on November 2, 2024 ...

The federal government should move quickly to adopt the recommendation of a Parliamentary inquiry into social media by requiring digital platforms to pay a levy to fund public interest journalism ...

Today’s release of the Out in the Open report into the workplace culture at Nine Entertainment is a further wake-up call to Australia’s media industry that change is needed to make workplaces safer for women and people from diverse backgrounds ...

The union for Australian journalists, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, has today written to management at Nine Publishing to commence negotiations for an agreement on pay and conditions for freelancers ...

This is MEAA’s submission to the Department of Industry, Science, and Resources’ consultation process for its proposal paper on the introduction of mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings. In it, MEAA says the emergence of generative Artificial Intelligence comes with significant potential risks for Australia’s creative industries and if left ...

The union representing media and creative workers is calling on the federal government to introduce a national AI Act to force greater transparency and disclosure around the use of data and prevent theft of original works ...

MEAA’s National Media Section committee has unanimously passed the following motion: ...