The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the trade union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, says the recommendations by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor for amendments to section 35P of the Asio Act still mean Australian journalists face jail terms for legitimate public interest journalism.
Joint media organisations’ submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2015
More cuts to Screen Australia in yesterday’s mid-year financial statement show the Coalition continues to have a blind spot about the creative industries, regardless of who is Prime Minister.
Today, on the 40th anniversary of the murder of Australian journalist Roger East in Dili in 1975, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is announcing an expansion of its planned scholarship program for East Timorese journalists.
