March 2, 2017 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured MediaRoom News Other statements Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is concerned that Asio is using Journalist Information Warrants to secretly trawl through the metadata of journalists and media organisations in the hunt for their confidential sources.
On Tuesday, under questioning yesterday from Senator Nick Xenophon in an Estimates hearing, Asio director-general Duncan Lewis said warrants ...
February 28, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases
Ensuring local content on digital platforms and updating screen tax incentives are essential for the growth and sustainability of the film and TV industry, says the union representing performers and screen crew.
February 5, 2017 Mark Phillips #bringthemhere #MEAAEquity #MEAAMedia Campaigns MediaRoom Releases
Dozens of journalists, actors, cartoonists and writers have written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urging him to resettle three of their colleagues from Manus Island to Australia.
February 1, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance will vigorously oppose an attempt by screen producers to remove a raft of basic workplace rights for actors and other workers in the film and television industries.
January 23, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases
An actor has this afternoon died reportedly after being shot in the chest on the set of a music video being filmed in Brisbane.