News Corp staff shown little respect in latest job cuts

MEAA condemns the announcement from News Corporation via a statement to the Fairfax-owned Australian Financial Review that at least 30 editorial positions will be made redundant. The positions will be a mixture of voluntary and forced redundancies. Journalists at leading metro mastheads as well as production staff will lose their jobs. Production positions will be shifted from News to the AAP subsidiary ...

Spotlight on Sharna Galvin

Sharna Galvin is a freelancer in theatre and events, stage managing, site managing and production managing, who mainly works as a casual in the Sydney Opera House’s Stage Management team. She also occasionally directs theatre. Sharna is a MEAA Federal Councillor and member of the ECS national section committee, and earlier this year attended the Safe Theatres Forum in Melbourne ...

Guiding lights

MEAA’s new First Nations Organiser, Elaine Crombie, reflects on the people who have helped shape her career – and her life.

MEAA forms new partnership with ACM

MEAA has formed a new partnership with Australian Community Managers (ACM), the country’s largest network for Australian community management professionals.

Have your say on Nine’s takeover of Fairfax

Nine Entertainment Co.’s proposed $2billion-plus takeover of Fairfax Media will change the face of Australia’s media forever.