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Walkley Foundation announces new Directors and Judging Board appointments
The Walkley Foundation for Excellence in Journalism today announced the appointment of five new board directors, as well as five replacement members of its Walkley Judging Board. These appointments bring fresh and exciting expertise and perspectives to the Foundation, and include Bridget Brennan, Nadine Garner, Nour Haydar and David Ross, ...
ABC staff win better pay deal and improved conditions following successful action
The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) welcomes ABC management’s acknowledgement that ABC staff need fair pay and secure employment to do their jobs through its revised offer presented to workers today. MEAA Chief Executive, Erin Madeley, described the offer – which includes a 10.5% pay increase over three years ...
ABC staff to take industrial action in fight for quality jobs
ABC staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of protected industrial action – including a 24-hour strike planned to commence at 11am AEDT on Wed 25 March – in a bid to secure sustainable jobs, fair pay and improved working conditions, and to protect the quality news and programming Australians rely on. Close to 1,000 staff participated ...
Musicians’ livelihoods under threat as live orchestra dumped from upcoming Adelaide run of Dracula
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 ...
ACM Staff Demand Transparency and Independent Reporting after Catalano Allegations
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 ...
MEAA submission – Inquiry into arts and cultural philanthropy
MEAA submission to the Committee on Communications, the Arts, and Sport inquiry into Arts and Cultural Philanthropy. If governments are serious about sustaining a vibrant, inclusive and democratically grounded cultural life, the solution lies not in deepening philanthropic dependence through tax incentives, but in renewing a commitment to public support ...
MEAA Submission – Closing Loopholes Review
MEAA endorses the submission of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and makes the following supplementary remarks. MEAA supported the key reforms contained in the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 and the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024 (collectively the Closing Loopholes ...
MEAA Submission – NES Review
MEAA submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations, Skills and Training Inquiry into the Operation and Adequacy of the National Employment Standards (NES). Many creative and media workers are engaged as independent contractors rather than employees. Consequently, they are denied the protection of a minimum ...
