May 20, 2016 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Releases
Last night’s police raids in search of the source of government documents leaked to the media again show how press freedom in Australia is under attack and needs to be an election issue, says the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.
May 18, 2016 Mark Phillips #HandsOffOurABC #MEAAMedia Campaigns MediaRoom Releases
The axing of the Fact Check unit and other editorial redundancies at the ABC are the inevitable result of funding cuts in this month’s federal Budget.
May 13, 2016 Mark Phillips #freethearts #MEAACrew #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases
Australian theatre audiences, performers and stage crews are facing a bleak future as the Federal Government’s drastic arts funding cuts start to bite, says the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance.
May 10, 2016 Mark Phillips #FairGoFairfax #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Other statements
Resolution passed by staff at Fairfax Metros during a stopwork meeting in Sydney on May 10, 2016:
We, the staff of the Sydney and Melbourne editorial news floors want to recognise the decades of experience that are walking out the door. We are disgusted that the company did not take all the steps it could to minimise these job losses, and has broken hearts ...
May 9, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured MediaRoom News Speeches
Adele Ferguson’s keynote address to the 2016 Press Freedom Australia Dinner, Sydney, May 6 2016.