Australia’s creative and media workers welcome the federal government’s commitment to establishing ongoing protections and monitoring of AI developments to ensure good jobs and the maintenance of robust creative and media sectors. Australians need and deserve to have confidence in a strong media industry that is untainted by AI deception ...

Australia’s largest screen industry guilds and industry organisations today welcome the passage of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video on Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025 through the Parliament. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), Australian Directors Guild (ADG), Australian Writers Guild (AWG) and Screen Producers ...

Staff at the ABC have voted to reject management’s insulting enterprise agreement offer, which sought to undermine previous wins, threaten to stall careers and worsen job insecurity. Members of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance at the ABC are not only fighting for fair pay and conditions but for the future ...

Almost half the nation’s musicians are earning less than $15,000 a year in an industry where underpayment and broken contracts are rife, and the emergence of artificial intelligence is threatening the future viability of work. Fresh data released by Musicians Australia, a division of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance ...

The MEAA welcomes new Australian content requirements for major streaming services, describing the announcement as a vital lifeline for the screen industry. This decisive action by the federal government marks a critical turning point for the Australian screen sector, which has been left vulnerable in the face of a dramatic ...