Accessing Centrelink payments during coronavirus

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on our members and the arts and entertainment industry across Australia.

MEAA offices to close but services to continue as usual

Due to the escalation of public health measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), our offices have been temporarily closed from Monday, March 23.

Arrangements are in place to ensure our staff can work remotely and our services to members are maintained.

You can continue to contact MEAA Member Central on 1300 656 513 or by email at members@meaa.org to ...

COVID-19 and your rights at work

MEAA’s National Industrial Team has produced this fact sheet to answer all your questions about coronavirus.

MEAA releases new ethics guidelines to help journalists reporting on hate speech and extremism

New guidelines issued by Australia’s media union advise all journalists to exercise care and balance when covering race issues and to be mindful not to allow their work to be used to promote extremist views or hate speech.

Live performance and entertainment sector needs special help to cope with coronavirus impact

The federal government must urgently look at providing further support for the live performance and entertainment industries, which are being heavily impacted by indefinite venue closures and event cancellations caused by the coronavirus pandemic.