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Industry-leading EBA struck at Private Media
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) members and Private Media have reached an agreement on industry-leading conditions for AI, First Nations cultural and ceremonial leave, and reproductive health leave. In an industry first, Private Media has explicitly stated in its new enterprise agreement that AI would not replace human workers, ...
AI ambitions must be tempered with mandatory protections for workers and consumers
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 ...
Screen industry welcomes passage of streaming regulation
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 ...
ABC staff vote ‘No’ to management’s backwards and insulting enterprise agreement offer
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 ...
Time for $9 billion industry to ‘pay up’ and stop exploiting professional musicians
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 ...
Australian content requirement will protect local stories and jobs
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 ...
MEAA Submission on the National Cultural Policy
This submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry provides feedback on potential tax reform measures to boost the productivity of Australia’s arts and creative sectors and on the opportunities and challenges for Australia’s arts and creative sectors associated with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence ...
Copyright protections a first step in protecting workers from AI theft
The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the announcement by the Federal Government that Australian law will not be watered down to permit free access to Australian creative works. MEAA Chief Executive Erin Madeley said this was a major win in the campaign to stop AI theft and force big ...
