The Chilling Effect – the 2017 press freedom report
The AFP access a journalist’s phone call data without a warrant in a secret hunt for whistleblowers.
MEAA Media Room
Independent financing of ABC drama and comedy should not be feared
A new essay written by the former director of television at the ABC is a timely and worthwhile contribution to the debate about the future of the public broadcaster and its role in nurturing a home grown screen industry.
MEAA CEO Paul Murphy’s speech to the 2017 Press Freedom Australia media dinner
MEAA CEO Paul Murphy delivered this speech to the 2017 Press Freedom Dinner in Sydney on April 28.AFP officer accesses journalist’s call metadata without a warrant
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is appalled at the revelation an Australian Federal Police officer has been able to access a journalist’s telecommunications data without being granted the necessary Journalists Information Warrant.
Cuts to kids’ TV quotas must be resisted
Australia’s commercial free-to-air broadcasters and the emerging streaming video-on-demand (SVOD) sector must not be allowed to walk away from an obligation to support original, home-grown children’s television.
