The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance is launching a new drive to educate interns and their employers about their legal rights following growing concerns that media students and graduates are being exploited as they seek to enter a hyper-competitive industry.
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, condemns the latest cuts announced by the Fairfax Australian Community Media (ACM) division to the 90-year-old Canberra Times.
MEAA understands that 12.6 full-time equivalent positions, including 10 from editorial, are proposed to be cut as part of the cuts. The number of photographers will be halved. ...
The Australian Basketballers’ Association (ABA) welcomes the announcement from the National Basketball League (NBL) today to remove the player points system from the league entirely, and instil a number of new reforms that will bring about the growth and development of basketball in Australia.
In its submission on the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016, MEAA supports the removal of the 75% reach rule, but opposes the removal of the two-out-three rule.
Editorial workers at Fairfax Metro mastheads have returned to work this morning following a strike sparked by management’s announcement of another 120 planned redundancies.
