MEAA is encouraged that a Parliamentary Committee has endorsed many of the recommendations made to it by MEAA to nurture and protect the future of public interest journalism in Australia. The recommendations were made by a Senate Select Committee.
Among the committee’s recommendations recommended and supported by MEAA are:
• ensuring adequate funding for the ABC and ...
The Joint Media Organisations submission the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2017 lodged with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on January 24, 2018.
MEAA is a member of the Joint Media Organisations and shares the concerns outlined in this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017.
Other members of the Joint Media Organisations are AAP, ABC, Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association, Bauer Media Group, Commercial Radio ...
MEAA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund) Bill 2017 and related programs.
This Bill is a calculated insult directed at the ABC and its employees. The proposed addition to the ABC Act borders on comical, but is unfortunately rooted in a transgressive campaign to undermine the performance and reputation of the nation’s most esteemed (and scrutinised) broadcaster.
MEAA believes this misleading and dangerous Bill should be withdrawn without further debate.
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