ABC journalists call off strike

Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance members at the ABC have called off a strike that was planned for tomorrow after reaching in-principle agreement with management for a new workplace deal.

MEAA submission to the Senate inquiry into the National Cultural Policy

This submission is made by MEAA to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications inquiry into the National Cultural Policy, Revive.

MEAA considers Revive to be a landmark document. It is our nation’s first consolidated cultural policy in a decade. It follows what many in the arts community consider a decade of lost opportunity. The actions proposed across Revive’s five ...

ABC staff postpone planned stoppage

ABC journalists have voted to postpone tomorrow’s stoppage following a new pay offer from management.

ABC staff vote to take industrial action if management doesn’t improve offer

ABC journalists have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action as they push for a fair deal from management.

MEAA to raise defamation, whistleblowers and national security laws in meeting with A-G

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes the chance to take part in discussions about key issues in our industry – including defamation, whistleblower protection, Freedom of Information and the impact of national security laws on journalism – in tomorrow’s press freedom roundtable hosted by Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus in Canberra.