MEAA Media Room


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.

Joint submission on publishing QLD proceedings

August 14, 2015 Mike Dobbie Submissions

Joint media organisations’ submission to the Supreme Court of Queensland’s Electronic Publication of Court Proceedings Committee regarding the Electronic Publication of Court Proceedings Issues Paper. 

MEAA establishes Australian Basketballers’ Association

August 13, 2015 Lauren Katsikitis Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) is thrilled to welcome aboard the Australian Basketballers’ Association (ABA) as a new body to represent the country’s top men and women basketballers.

Entertainment workers’ union says cuts to weekend pay are not on

August 5, 2015 Lauren Katsikitis Releases

Workers in the entertainment and arts industries who work on weekends face substantial cuts to their pay under recommendations from the Productivity Commission’s review into the workplace system, says their union, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.