MEAA Media Room


Nine Publishing House Committee statement: this rotten culture needs to end

October 17, 2024 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Other statements

The national house committee of The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WAtoday is angered and saddened – but not surprised – by the findings of Nine’s cultural review.

Media industry must take heed of Nine’s workplace culture review

October 17, 2024 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Releases

Today’s release of the Out in the Open report into the workplace culture at Nine Entertainment is a further wake-up call to Australia’s media industry that change is needed to make workplaces safer for women and people from diverse backgrounds

It’s time for Nine to negotiate a freelance agreement

October 16, 2024 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Releases

The union for Australian journalists, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, has today written to management at Nine Publishing to commence negotiations for an agreement on pay and conditions for freelancers.

Mandatory Guardrails for AI in High-Risk Settings

October 10, 2024 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Submissions

This is MEAA’s submission to the Department of Industry, Science, and Resources’ consultation process for its proposal paper on the introduction of mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings.

In it, MEAA says the emergence of generative Artificial Intelligence comes with significant potential risks for Australia’s creative industries and if left unchecked, it is conceivable that the increased use of AI tools ...

Media, creative, and arts workers spearhead calls for new AI-specific Act

October 10, 2024 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Releases

The union representing media and creative workers is calling on the federal government to introduce a national AI Act to force greater transparency and disclosure around the use of data and prevent theft of original works.