Media access to Vic Magistrates’ Court materials

MEAA letter to the Principal Registrar of the Victorian Magistrates’ Court over new guidelines for media access to materials.

Landmark new deal gets the green light from Aussie actors

Australian performers have overwhelmingly backed a new agreement which will for the first time properly value their work on digital platforms.

The new Australian Television Repeats and Residuals Agreement (ATRRA) will come into effect today following three years of negotiations between Equity, the union for Australian performers, and Screen Producers Australia (SPA).

The immediate pay-off for performers will include a new 10% ...

Speech to the 2016 Press Freedom Australia dinner

Speech by MEAA CEO Paul Murphy to the 2016 Press Freedom Australia dinner held in Sydney on Friday May 6 2016.  2016 Press Freedom Australia speech 21.40 KB 392 downloadsLast ...

Culture of sexism in the media must be tackled

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union for Australia’s journalists, welcomes the on-air apology by broadcasting personality Eddie McGuire over comments he made about a prominent female sports journalist, and calls on all media organisations to redouble efforts to educate about and stamp out sexism and misogyny in their workplaces.

MEAA submission to ACCC re: News Corp-Seven West Media

This submission is made on behalf of Media Section of the Western Australian branch of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), which represents journalists, photographers and graphic artists who work for SWM’s WA Newspapers (WAN) and News Corporation’s print operations in Perth and who are all directly affected in one way or another by this proposed sale of The ...