NSW Government must step in to save Carriageworks
The Berejiklian Government must act urgently to rescue Sydney’s Carriageworks performance and exhibition space after it was placed in voluntary administration yesterday.
MEAA Media Room
Callous treatment by Bauer
MEAA has described as callous the way that Bauer Media’ staff learned that up to 60 jobs would be lost and another 15 people would be stood down. The announcement was made by management in a Zoom meeting yesterday.
World Press Freedom Day 2020: reforms needed to reverse criminalisation of journalism
On the release of its annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia today, the union for Australian journalists is calling for serious reforms to reverse a raft of ‘national security’ laws that can be used to criminalise journalism and punish whistleblowers for telling the truth, and which have sent Australia backwards on press freedom.
The War on Journalism: the MEAA Report into the State of Press Freedom in Australia in 2020
The War on Journalism is MEAA’s annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2020.
The MEAA press freedom reports are released on UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, May 3, every year.
Download the document below or read the online version.
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Australia’s slump in press freedom standing shows need for reforms
The slide in Australia’s position on the World Press Freedom Index shows the government must reverse its assaults on press freedom.
