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Aussie film crew miss out on offshore feature due to government indecision

September 2, 2016 Lauren Katsikitis #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity Releases

MEAA is disappointed that Australian film production crew have lost the opportunity to work on international feature Tomb Raider, which is now set to film in South Africa with a scheduled release in March 2018. The production has reportedly relocated after the federal government failed to confirm an increase to the film location offset to 30% in time to bring ...

ASIC Registry tender threatens press freedom

August 18, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured MediaRoom News Releases

MEAA has written to Finance Minister Senator Mathias Cormann to express concerns over possible press freedom concerns that may arise over the Government’s intention top put the ASIC Registry database out to tender. 

Fair Work ends probe

August 8, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia Featured MediaRoom News Releases

MEAA understands that the Fair Work Ombudsman has completed its investigation of industrial action by employees of Fairfax Media between Thursday, 17 March 2016 and Sunday, 20 March this year.

MEAA was served with a wide-ranging Notice to Produce by the FWO on 22 April 2016. MEAA wrote to the FWO in May to assert that the Notice was too broad, lacked particularity and ...

MEAA says ACCC must protect diversity in WA media

August 4, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia Featured MediaRoom News Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, believes the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) statement of issues has correctly highlighted serious concerns regarding the sale of News Corporation’s The Sunday Times and PerthNow digital news web site to Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media (SWM).

MEAA is pleased that the ACCC has acknowledged ...

Inaugural Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowships announced

August 1, 2016 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Releases

Four journalists from East Timor have been announced as the inaugural recipients of the Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowship, an initiative of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA.