May 18, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Releases
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in strongly condemning the latest development in the slanderous denunciation case against Timor Leste journalists Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Martins. The IFJ, MEAA and SEAJU call for the charges to be immediately withdrawn.
May 15, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases
Australia’s $3 billion film and television industry needs greater leadership and support from the government to demonstrate the arts are valued in this country, says the union for performers and screen crew.
May 15, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Submissions
MEAA’s recommendations to the House of Representatives committee inquiry into the film and TV industry include greater government leadership of the film and television industries through offsets, direct funding assistance to bodies like Screen Australia and regulatory requirements, including Australian content requirements.
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May 10, 2017 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Releases
MEAA welcomes the establishment of a Senate select committee that will inquire and report on the future of journalism in Australia.
May 8, 2017 Mark Phillips #FairGoFairfax #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Releases
Veteran Budget analysts and writers from the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age –journalists the public rely on to cut through the spin for the real story – will be missing from the Federal Budget press pack this year.
More than 60 journalists from both mastheads will travel to Canberra today to join their Press Gallery colleagues outside ...