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Bleak future for cultural and creative industries without a national arts strategy: MEAA

November 19, 2020 Mark Phillips MediaRoom Releases

The absence of a coherent national strategy for the cultural and creative industries threatens to create a brain drain that will impact Australia’s economy and its sense of identity.

MEAA submission to the inquiry into Australia’s creative and cultural industries and institutions

November 18, 2020 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity #MEAAMusic #MEAASOMA MediaRoom Submissions

In this submission to the Inquiry into Australia’s creative and cultural industries and institutions by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts, MEAA says the arts and entertainment community is looking to government for fair and reasonable consideration of its predicament, where artistic endeavour is properly valued in economic and non-economic ways – i.e. as the ...

ABC independence must be preserved

November 13, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Other statements Releases

The independence of Australia’s national public broadcaster continues to be under threat and must be protected, the union for Australian journalists says.

Senate media inquiry must consider multiple challenges facing the industry

November 12, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Other statements Releases

A new Senate inquiry into Australia’s media is a welcome opportunity to address many of the issues confronting public interest journalism in this country

MEAA welcomes dropping of raid investigation but the threat to press freedom remains

October 15, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Other statements Releases

Laws that allow for the criminalisation of journalism need urgent reform despite the dropping of charges against ABC reporter Dan Oakes