The Victorian NewsJan 20

Carnival Cruises busted paying workers $2.50 an hour
#ausnews #vicnews #carnival #meaa #mua #unions #wages #exploitation #protest #StationPier

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/news/carnival-cruises-busted-paying-workers-2-50-an-hour/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Carnival Cruises busted paying workers $2.50 an hour

PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. — The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has called for MEAA members to join a protest at Statio Peir tomorrow, Wednesday, January 21.

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The Victorian NewsJan 1

Protect creative industries from tech overlords
#meaa #ai #bezos #musk #x #zuckerberg #meta #facebook #instagram #google #OpenAI #theft #creatives #arts #journalism #writing #music

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/advertorial/protect-creative-industries-from-tech-overlords/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Protect creative industries from tech overlords

Australians are worried about the rise of AI – and they have every right to be.

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The Victorian NewsAug 15, 2025

Aussie journalists reflect on assassinated peers
#AusNews #VicNews #MEAA #media #IFJ #Israel #Palestine #assassination

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/media/aussie-journalists-reflect-on-assassinated-peers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Aussie journalists reflect on assassinated peers

Australian journalists have united in support of their assassinated colleagues in Gaza, releasing a landmark video paying tribute to the (at least) 179 Palestinian media workers so far killed by the Israeli military in the conflict.

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News BeepAug 1, 2025

Australia: IFJ supports Sydney march for Palestine

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), in…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Australia #Gaza #IFJ #IL #Israel #Journalists #march #MEAA #Palestine #Sydney
https://www.newsbeep.com/32136/

TV BlackboxJun 26, 2025

Foxtel Group scores big at the 14th EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARD

https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2025/06/27/foxtel-group-scores-big-at-the-14th-equity-ensemble-award/?feed_id=215710

#BINGE #ColinfromAccounts #EquityEnsembleAwards #FoxtelGroup #HighCountry #HowToMakeGravy #MEAA

Cynthia WangApr 1, 2025
It shouldn’t take my subscribing to #SydneyMorningHerald to boost pay for my colleagues and support their wonderful photography, videos, audio stories, reporting and print features. Get on board @withmeaa by signing the petition at https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/freelance-nine for fair rates, annual increases and a signed agreement. #freelancers #journalism #meaa
Help freelancers at Nine Publishing win fair rates

Off the back of strike action last year, Nine management committed to engage in discussions about freelance rates and conditions with MEAA representatives. Despite this commitment, Nine management have made few tangible changes to their existing terms of engagement for freelance contributors, and have ignored members calls to implement fair rates, annual increases, and a signed agreement. Freelancers are the lowest paid and most insecurely employed workers in the media industry, and the...

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Show threadghost_shitDec 16, 2024
@dropbear Totally. The #MEAA is very meek when it comes to protecting its members, it would seem.
1EarthMediaNov 20, 2024

MEAA's Karen Percy addressed the Walkley Awards on the urgency of defending journalism’s role as a watchdog after MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts visited Mar-a-Lago.
"Recent events in the US should be sounding alarm bells in our industry."

#auspol #MEAA
https://1earthmedia.com/meaas-karen-percy-on-press-freedom-at-the-walkley-awards/

Show threadPeter RileyAug 16, 2024

@cathywilcox

Media Entertainment Arts Alliance on cancelation of Jayson Gillham by MSO
https://www.meaa.org/mediaroom/meaa-statement-on-the-sanctioning-of-a-musician-by-the-melbourne-symphony-orchestra/

#MSO #MEAA #musicians #union
#Journalists #Palestine

Statement on the sanctioning of a musician by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

MEAA is disturbed at the news that a musician has been sanctioned for simply voicing a personal view about the human tragedy that continues to unfold in Palestine.

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Peter RileyAug 14, 2024

MEAA Statement on Musician https://www.meaa.org/mediaroom/meaa-statement-on-the-sanctioning-of-a-musician-by-the-melbourne-symphony-orchestra/

#MEAA Media Entertainment Arts Alliance #union #journalism #witness #Palestine #solidarity #MSO Melbourne Symphony Orchestra #Gaza

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancels pianist Jayson Gillham who was scheduled to perform at Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday but he was dropped for going ‘beyond the remit of his contract’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/13/melbourne-symphony-orchestra-cancels-pianists-performance-after-dedication-to-journalists-killed-in-gaza-ntwnfb

Music/Politics
https://theconversation.com/classical-music-is-not-isolated-from-politics-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-should-know-this-236789

TheCathyWilcox
@cathywilcox

Statement on the sanctioning of a musician by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

MEAA is disturbed at the news that a musician has been sanctioned for simply voicing a personal view about the human tragedy that continues to unfold in Palestine.

MEAA