Joint Media Organisations submission on National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017

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 Media submission on regional and small publishers innovation fund

MEAA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund) Bill 2017 and related programs.

MEAA submission on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Fair and Balanced) Bill 2017

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MEAA believes this misleading and dangerous Bill should be withdrawn without further debate.

Protecting theatre workers from sexual harassment

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance – the union for performers and other theatre workers – expects that 2018 will prove to be a watershed year for the treatment of sexual harassment and bullying in live theatre.

MEAA Media submission on cyberbullying

MEAA Media made the attached submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee’s inquiry into the adequacy of existing offences in the Commonwealth Criminal Code and of state and territory criminal laws to capture cyberbullying in December 2017.