COVID-19 (coronavirus) advice for MEAA Media members

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is posing significant challenges for MEAA members in all industries.

COVID-19: time for co-operation and new ways of doing work

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is posing significant challenges for MEAA’s members, particularly those engaged in performance and front-of-house related duties.

Did News and Nine decide to close AAP to damage media rivals? 600 AAP staff deserve answers

The majority shareholders of AAP Newswire must be upfront with workers and subscribers about whether they had an agenda to shut the service down in order to inflict damage on their media competitors.

Closing AAP Newswire is irresponsible; government must act to rein in digital giants

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.

The ABC warrant case shows the system is broken

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 ...