MEAA Media Room


More jobs go at Network 10

August 11, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Other statements Releases

MEAA is concerned that Network 10 is embarking on a round of redundancies that will strip newsrooms and deprive audiences of local news.

MEAA said the loss of jobs, particularly editorial positions, will limit the amount of essential news and information available to the communities the network is supposed to serve. The decision to cease weekday news bulletins from Brisbane, Perth ...

Reverse cut to WA regional allowance

August 7, 2020 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Releases

ABC management should reconsider its decision to slash the regional allowance for journalists based in remote areas of Western Australia.

Screen industry needs certainty that content obligations will be reinstated

August 5, 2020 Mark Phillips #MakeItAustralian #MEAACrew #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases

With screen productions resuming around the country, the temporary suspension of content obligations for new Australian drama, comedy and children’s content on commercial television must be lifted, says the union for performers and crew.

ACCC’s draft mandatory code on digital platforms is welcome but needs more work

July 31, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured MediaRoom News Other statements Releases

Australia’s union for journalists, MEAA, welcomes the draft bargaining code on digital platforms released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Public interest journalism wins in defamation reforms

July 28, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Other statements Releases

MEAA welcomes the proposed reforms to the uniform defamation regime announced by the Council of Attorneys-General yesterday, saying they represent important progress to bring the laws into the 21st century.

MEAA Media federal president Marcus Strom said: “MEAA, along with the Australia’s Right to Know media industry group, has been pushing for an overhaul of Australia’s defamation laws for many years. ...