MEAA Media Room


MEAA letter on Public Interest and Data Warrants

September 9, 2015 Mike Dobbie Submissions

MEAA letter to the Attorney-General’s Department’s electronic surveillance policy branch regarding MEAA’s concerns with the “Public Interest Advocate” proposals under the “Journalist Information Warrant” scheme amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access Act 1979. 

MEAA delighted at acquittal in Royal Thai Navy case

September 1, 2015 Lauren Katsikitis Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is delighted that Walkley Award-winner and former senior editor of The Age Alan Morison and journalist Chutima Sidasathian have been cleared of criminal defamation charges in Phuket today.

MEAA outraged at Cairo court’s Al Jazeera verdict

August 30, 2015 Lauren Katsikitis Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, is appalled that once again an Egyptian court has found our colleagues Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of charges that have no basis.

MEAA condemns latest Fairfax cuts

August 27, 2015 Lauren Katsikitis Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and industry advocate for Australia’s journalists, condemns the savage job cuts at the Newcastle Herald and its Hunter Valley operations announced by Fairfax Media today. The cuts will see a total of 46 jobs go across the region – with the Herald newsroom bearing the brunt of the reductions, going from ...

Changing nature of work makes portable long service leave essential, says MEAA

August 14, 2015 Lauren Katsikitis Releases

With an increasing number of its members in transient, freelance or short-term employment, MEAA, the union for Australia’s creative professionals, is calling for reforms to make portable long service leave available to all workers.