Federal Arts Minister Paul Fletcher is misleading the community about the level of assistance provided to the creative and performing arts sector during the COVID pandemic by misusing data provided by his department.
Journalists should be able to go about their work informing the public without facing assault from police or protesters, says the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance.
On August 30, MEAA Equity Director Michelle Rae wrote to Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley and Arts Minister Danny Pearson seeking a meeting to discuss the plight of arts workers unable to return home to Victoria from NSW because of border closures.
...Victorian and South Australian arts workers who travelled to New South Wales for various productions before lockdown have lost their jobs and are now unable to return to their home state.
MEAA, together with the International Federation of Journalists, has called on the Australian Government to take urgent action to provide humanitarian visas to Afghan journalists and media workers.
