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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.

Media access to Vic Magistrates’ Court materials

July 25, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom News Submissions

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

July 12, 2016 Elizabeth Franks #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases

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

June 30, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Speeches

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 495 downloadsLast ...

Culture of sexism in the media must be tackled

June 20, 2016 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia #womeninmedia MediaRoom Releases

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.