Musicians across the country have banded together to protect live music in the wake of a decision by West Australian Ballet to scrap live orchestra music from the upcoming Adelaide tour of the award-winning Dracula.     WA Ballet, which has had a long-running partnership with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra to perform live at its productions, will instead rely on recorded music for six shows to ...

Statement sent to by ACM MEAA Members to ACM Editorial Director Rod Quinn. MEAA members at Australian Community Media (ACM) have endorsed a vote of no confidence in Antony Catalano. We are disgusted and sickened about the allegations and welcome his forced leave of absence as Executive Chair of the ...

Staff at the ABC are set to vote on potential strike action as part of their protracted campaign for job security, fair pay and improved conditions.  Last week, ABC management declined to table an offer that enables staff to produce the quality news and current affairs that Australians rely on.  Instead, the latest offer includes cuts to job security, no improvements to stagnant pay band progression, and ...

Victorian union members have today backed the MUA campaign to end the extreme exploitation on Carnival Cruise ships based in Australia and will meet the Carnival Adventure when it arrives in Port Melbourne for the Australian Open tomorrow (Jan 21). Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Organiser Shane Reside said “Carnival ...

MEAA members condemn the vicious and specious attacks on cartoonist member Cathy Wilcox, and call on Nine Entertainment to stand by its Charter of Editorial Independence and support staff who face online harassment. Wilcox’s cartoon “Grass roots” is a comment on the political motivations and power dynamics behind the push ...