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Australia’s Right to Know submission on the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill

October 18, 2022 Mike Dobbie MediaRoom Releases Submissions

Australia’s Right to Know coalition of media organisations (ARTK) submission to the Joint Select Committee on National Anti-Corruption legislation (the Committee) in relation to the proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 (Cth) (NACC Bill). Submitted October 14, 2022.

MEAA Media condemns arrest of journalists in Iran

October 14, 2022 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Other statements Releases

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union and professional association for Australia’s journalists, condemns the widespread arrests of journalists in Iran.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 40 journalists had been arrested up to October 10. The arrests have been carried out amid protests over the death in morality-police custody of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, ...

Nine Publishing journalists accept improved offer from management

September 13, 2022 Mark Phillips #FairGoFairfax #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Releases

MEAA members at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WA Today have accepted an improved offer in their long running enterprise bargaining negotiations with Nine Publishing which owns these mastheads.

Queensland’s journalist shield laws will now include CCC investigations

September 12, 2022 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom #pressfreedom Campaigns MediaRoom Other statements Releases

Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission investigations will now be included in the state’s recent shield laws after months of lobbying by MEAA.

Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said the government will draft new laws to “provide protection of journalists’ confidential sources in the context of CCC investigations and hearings”.

MEAA has spent more than 20 years campaigning for shield laws that protect journalists ...

Jobs Summit must address wages in the creative industries

August 31, 2022 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Releases

This week’s Jobs and Skills Summit must address the low pay and job insecurity of workers in the arts, entertainment and media industries