Media union condemns targeting of journalists by police and protesters
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.
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Letter to Martin Foley and Danny Pearson re: stranded workers
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.
...Arts workers left stranded in NSW without work and unable to return home
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.
Government must immediately offer refuge to Afghan media workers
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.
One year on from her arrest, colleagues call for release of Australian journalist Cheng Lei
Many of Australia’s leading journalists have come together to call for fellow citizen and journalist Cheng Lei to be released from detention by the Chinese Government and be allowed to return home to her family.
