The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the Prime Minister’s support for Australia’s screen industry and the News Media Bargaining Code in his remarks today responding to President Trump’s decision to impose 10% tariffs on Australian exports to the US.
Freelance journalists at The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, WAtoday, and Brisbane Times are today intensifying their campaign to demand an end to the declining pay rates they have experienced over the past 20 years.
Last night’s federal Budget has continued the rebuilding of Australia’s media and arts sectors while also providing further cost of living relief for creative workers who are frequently on low incomes and in insecure employment.
An article published in The Australian on Monday, March 24 contains a number of inaccuracies that need to be corrected for the record:
The Media section of MEAA has never been affiliated to the ALP, and the union’s rules specifically prohibit affiliation of our journalists’ section with any political party. MEAA is not aware of and has no plans to change the ...The Media section of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance has new leadership with the appointment of a new Federal President and Vice-Presidents.
