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Live theatre devastated by Australia Council cuts

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.

Resolutions passed by MEAA members at Fairfax Sydney, May 10, 2016

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 ...

Adele Ferguson – on protecting whistleblowers

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.

MEAA’s 2016 Press Freedom Australia report

May 4, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Campaigns Featured MediaRoom News Reports

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.

Budget 2016: Arts and public broadcasting funding crisis continues as government maintains damaging course

May 3, 2016 Mark Phillips #freethearts MediaRoom News Releases

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.