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
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
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
Journalists employed by digital publications will be entitled to penalty rates, overtime and other key conditions from tomorrow as landmark changes to the benchmark Journalists Published Media Award come into effect.
Media companies negotiating commercial deals with Facebook and Google for the payment of news content must ensure that the monies generated are allocated to journalism.
