February 24, 2023 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Releases
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.
February 21, 2023 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Other statements
MEAA Federal Council considered and approved a range of proposed alterations to the union’s rules at its meeting on 18 February 2023.
Each of the proposed alterations was approved in accordance with MEAA rule 75.
Attached for members’ information are:
a statement to the Fair Work Commission signed by the Federal President, Simon Collins.
a marked-up copy of the MEAA rules, with proposed alterations ...
February 17, 2023 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity #MEAAMedia #MEAAMusic #MEAASOMA #MEAASport MediaRoom Speeches
This is an edited version of the speech given by MEAA Federal President Simon Collins to open the Federal Council meeting in Sydney on Friday, February 17, 2023.
I wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and to pay my respects to their elders, past ...
February 2, 2023 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Releases
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union for editorial workers at the ABC, has today lodged an application to conduct a ballot among members to take protected industrial action at the national broadcaster.
January 30, 2023 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Releases
The release of the National Cultural Policy today is a major show of faith in the arts sector by the Albanese government after years of wilful neglect by its Coalition predecessors.