Live theatre devastated by Australia Council cuts
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.
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.
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 ...
MEAA’s report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2016: Criminalising the Truth, Suppressing the Right to Know is available to download here.
Tonight’s federal Budget has again left the arts community and public broadcasting shortchanged with no extra funding for the arts and the prospect of further cuts to jobs and services at the ABC, says the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.