MEAA stands in solidarity with our First Nations member, Gomeroi & Ngiyampaa man Jayden Kitchener-Waters, following the NSW Premier Department’s decision to terminate his employment earlier this week.
Mr Kitchener-Waters was informed last Friday that his role as Community Engagement Officer at the NSW Aboriginal Languages Trust would end on Tuesday 27 January due to alleged “code of conduct breaches”.
The disappointing decision ...
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 Cruises is paying its crew as little as $2.50 an hour ...
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 for a Royal Commission into the ISIS-inspired terrorist attack at a ...
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union representing workers in Australia’s media and creative industries, calls on the Federal Parliament to reject the Federal Government’s new proposed legislation, the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026.
The proposal undermines core principles of press freedom and freedom of artistic expression and poses a threat to our democracy.
Journalists, creative workers, and ...
MEAA condemns Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to cancel a scheduled appearance of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah at Adelaide Writers’ Week. The union fully supports all members who have withdrawn from the festival in solidarity.
Adelaide Writer’s Week has long been a place for bold ideas and freedom of expression.
The Festival Board’s suggestion that the mere presence of a Palestinian novelist who has ...
