MEAA Media Room


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.

MEAA calls on politicians to commit to press freedom

May 2, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Campaigns Featured MediaRoom News Releases

Today, UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, calls on Australia’s politicians to commit to the principles of press freedom and the public’s right to know.

Kookaburras and Hockeyroos launch players association

April 29, 2016 Lauren Katsikitis #MEAAECS #MEAASport MediaRoom Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) is extending its professional representation of elite athletes with the launch of the Australian Hockey Players’ Association (AHPA). The AHPA will cover athletes in both the men’s and women’s national teams the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos.

Fairfax exempts executives but still cuts 100 journalists

April 21, 2016 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia Campaigns Featured MediaRoom News Releases

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is bitterly disappointed that Fairfax Media will persist with savage cuts to its editorial staff.