MEAA Media Room


Equity disturbed by recommended cuts to Screen Australia

May 2, 2014 Web Admin Releases

Equity is disturbed by the Commission of Audit’s recommendation that Screen Australia be merged with the Australia Council and have its funding halved. The report recommends that Screen Australia’s reduced funding be focussed on areas of Australian content, including “those with an historical perspective that might not otherwise be funded”.

Redfern Now, Top of the Lake, Upper Middle Bogan casts win 2014 Equity Ensemble Awards!

April 29, 2014 Web Admin Releases

Three ensemble television casts have been selected from an impressive field to take out the 2014 Equity Ensemble Awards.

It was the performances in the second series of ABC drama Redfern Now, miniseries Top of the Lake and comedy Upper Middle Bogan that most impressed Australian actors.

Established by the Equity Foundation in 2011, the peer-voted awards honour outstanding performances by television ...

Actors Equity calls on Abbott Govt not to axe ABC funding

April 17, 2014 Mark Phillips Releases

Actors Equity is calling on the Abbott Government to honour its pre-election promise not to cut ABC funding.

MEAA submission on intercepts

February 27, 2014 Mike Dobbie Submissions

MEAA submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee into the comprehensive revision of the Telecommunications (Interceptions and Access) Act 1979. 

SPADA and Equity New Zealand reach new actors’ agreement

February 20, 2014 Web Admin Releases

SPADA and Equity New Zealand are pleased to announce, after three and half years of negotiations, that agreement has been reached on a standard Individual Performance Agreement and Backend Agreement for use on NZ based and funded film and TV drama programs.