Back pay win for Grand Prix workers
Potentially more than 20 people who worked for nothing on the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne in March this year have won back pay following intervention by MEAA.
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MEAA statement on outsourcing at Pacific Magazines
MEAA is concerned that Seven West’s division Pacific Magazines has announced 11 redundancies and flagged the outsourcing of sub-editing to Pagemasters.
MEAA keeping members informed at Ten
MEAA is holding a teleconference Q&A session today for members employed at Network Ten. This follows today’s announcement that representatives of KordaMentha have been appointed voluntary administrators to Ten Network Holdings Limited.
MEAA members across the industry stand in solidarity with Network Ten staff. MEAA Media director Katelin McInerney said: “This is a difficult time for Ten’s employees. It brings to ...
MEAA opening remarks to Senate select committee inquiry into Future of Public Interest Journalism
Opening remarks made by MEAA CEO Paul Murphy appearing at a public hearing in Sydney of the Senate Select Committee inquiry into the Future of Public Interest Journalism in Sydney, May 17 2017. See the complete Hansard transcript here.Timor Leste journalists facing jail for defamation
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in strongly condemning the latest development in the slanderous denunciation case against Timor Leste journalists Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Martins. The IFJ, MEAA and SEAJU call for the charges to be immediately withdrawn.
