Journalists’ union gives notice to quit Australian Press Council
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union for Australian journalists, will be giving notice that it intends to withdraw from the Australian Press Council.
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Extra arts funding is too little, too late
The extra $125 million announced by the federal government today won’t be enough to save thousands of jobs in the arts and entertainment sector when JobKeeper ends this weekend, says the union for Australia’s arts and entertainment workers.
Screen creatives visit Canberra to call for action on local content
Leading Australian actors, crew, writers and producers are in Canberra this week in a united push to convince Parliament to introduce local content requirements for booming digital viewing platforms
Opening statement to Senate inquiry into media diversity in Australia
On March 12, 2021, MEAA addressed a public hearing of the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee’s inquiry into media diversity in Australia. MEAA Chief Executive Paul Murphy delivered this opening statement:
Thank you Chair and Committee members.
This inquiry is important. It is important because:
– media reforms over the past five years have worsened the state of media diversity
Governments must heed the call for greater media diversity
Greater diversity is needed in Australian media ownership to allow for a wider variety of voices to be heard and to better serve our communities
