March 3, 2020 #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured News
The decision to close the AAP Newswire business in June and its Pagemasters sub-editing operation in August is a gross abandonment of responsibility by its shareholders – Australia’s major media outlets.
February 28, 2020 #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured News
The ABC’s decision today to end the appeal process against the warrant used to raid its offices demonstrates that the system is broken. MEAA says the only way to fix it is to change the law to protect public interest journalism and whistleblowers.
MEAA Media federal president Marcus Strom said: “That warrant targeted journalists who had published the truth. The warrant ...
February 26, 2020 #MakeItAustralian #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity News
The Morrison Government must stand up for Australian kids and local audiences and reject a renewed push by free to air television networks to scrap local and children’s content requirements.
February 24, 2020 #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom #pressfreedom News
The editor in chief and spokesman for WikiLeaks, Kristinn Hrafnsson, visited Australia in December to lobby journalists and policitians to support Julian Assange in his fight against extradition to the US on espionage charges.
February 18, 2020 News
MEAA has lodged a notice with the Fair Work Commission seeking alterations to rules