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Regional media outlets that have benefitted from taxpayer-funded support must use the money to maintain or increase their local coverage. The Media,...
The MEAA union’s decision to withdraw from the Australian Press Council has exposed its tensions with one of the country’s biggest employers of journalists.
Chaired by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, the inquiry was sparked by the Australian federal police raid in 2019 of the home of a News Corp reporter seeking information about the publication of classified material, shortly followed by a raid on the ABC headquarters over reporting of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Last year the AFP ruled out pursuing charges against the journalist, Annika Smethurst, or anyone else for her story revealing plans to extend the Australian Signals Directorate’s spying powers. National and international outrage followed the raids, which were seen as an atta...
IFJ 27 April 2021 Australia: Journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation Australia’s journalists’ union – the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance – has voted to end its decades long relationship with the Australian Press Council, citing concerns about governance and consistency of rulings at the press regulator. Credit: MEAA Facebook Formed in 1976 as an alternative to government intervention, the Australian Press Council has been an important arbiter of media standards, adjudicating complaints from the public about material in newspapers, magazines and online ne...
Journalists’ union gives notice to quit Australian Press Council 3 minute read A man wearing a mask reads a newspaper, in Perth, Australia, 2 February 2021, Matt Jelonek/Getty Images The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance hopes its decision to withdraw from the Australian Press Council will spark a discussion about media regulation. This statement was originally published on meaa.org on 21 April 2021. The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union for Australian journalists, will be giving notice that it intends to withdraw from the...