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The union & industry advocate for Australia's creative professionals. Authorised by Erin Madeley, 245 Chalmers St, Redfern NSW 2016. Phone: 1300 65 65 13
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#MEAAmedia
members at the ABC today called on managing director David Anderson to urgently meet with staff and address growing concerns about outside interference, culturally unsafe management practices and to stand up for journalism without fear or favour.
#PressFreedom
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You have a right to know what the governments you elect are doing in your name. But in Australia, people who speak out are penalised and journalism is being criminalised. It needs to change.
#RightToKnow
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
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The decision to sack Antoinette Lattouf from her role as an ABC radio presenter over sharing a social media post from a reputable human rights organisation is incredibly disturbing. Read the full statement:
#MEAAmedia
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The front page of every daily newspaper has been redacted in a united campaign for the
#RightToKnow
. Find out more:
#pressfreedom
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This is a misleading and inappropriate use of Margot Robbie's image. Furthermore, we can confirm that despite making her career in the US, she has not resigned as a member of
#MEAAequity
- and she is a member of
@sagaftra
!
#proudtobeunion
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MEDIA RELEASE: Union members at the ABC have today passed a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson for failing to defend the integrity of the ABC and its staff from outside attacks.
#NoFearNoFavour
#MEAAmedia
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Today we remember the 5 Australian TV journalists murdered by Indonesian soldiers at Balibo on October 16, 1975. We will never give up the fight for justice on their behalf.
#MEAAmedia
#noimpunity
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Vale Australian actor Tony Barry who passed away yesterday aged 81.
Tony performed in nearly 60 feature films and over 45 television series and despite the difficulties caused by his illness, Tony worked until shortly before his death. He was an Equity member for over 50 years.
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Journalists should be free to report on protests and demonstrations without being assaulted while they carry out their duties.
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
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Members of the orchestra of
@OperaAustralia
performed with their instruments outside the offices of Opera Australia today to call on the company to reconsider its decision to stand down musicians without pay.
#MEAASOMA
#COVID2019AU
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Journalists doing their job to inform the public about major news events happening in the streets should not have to put up with this. Take care everyone.
#MEAAmedia
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#MEAAmedia
fully supports the rights of our members to stand up for the Code of Ethics. Any pressure or intimidation from managers to prevent workers from doing this is an overreach and an attack on both journalists' rights and the public's right to know.
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If the US can extradite anyone on the planet for revealing war crimes it finds embarrassing, it sets an unbelievable precedent for journalists across the world and dire ramifications for
#pressfreedom
.
#thedrum
#Assange
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Today is the third anniversary of Julian Assange’s arrest. The Biden Administration must drop its charges against him. The scope of the charges imperil any journalist anywhere who writes about the US government.
#MEAAmedia
#pressfreedom
#Assange
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Julian Assange is a member of
#MEAAmedia
and as his union we are relieved that - pending any appeal by the US government - he will be free from the decade long ordeal he has suffered for trying to bring information of public interest to the light of day.
#AssangeCase
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At a time when our focus should be on building trust and respect for our profession, having an editorial in a national newspaper launching baseless attacks on journalists is both disgraceful and destructive.
#MEAAmedia
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Our government must ensure Julian Assange is safely brought to Australia.
@wikileaks
@MarisePayne
@SenatorWong
#MEAAmedia
#pressfreedom
#WikiLeaks
#Assange
Julian Assange arrested at the Ecuadorean embassy in London – live updates
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Journalists should be free to go about their work reporting on matters in the public interest and should not be arrested for simply doing their job.
#pressfreedom
via
@ABCNews
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Today we remember Greg Shackleton, Malcolm Rennie, Tony Stewart, Brian Peters and Gary Cunningham who were murdered in Balibo, East Timor. While a coronial inquest identified an Indonesian military officer likely to have ordered the murder, no one has ever been called to account.
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"...don't ever again again allow politicians to diminish the public broadcaster. It is one of the most precious institutions we have."
One year ago today
@KerryOBrien
spoke these words at his Logies Hall of Fame acceptance speech.
More poignant now than ever.
#HandsOffOurABC
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It is unacceptable in a democracy for journalists to be physically threatened or assaulted in the course of doing their job.
via
@SBSNews
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This is on its way to
@BehrouzBoochani
just in time for Christmas.
@IFJGlobal
#MEAAmedia
#bringthemhere
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Julian
#Assange
turns 50 today. We would love to wish him a happy birthday but they would be empty words whilst he is still imprisoned and kept in isolation. He should be with his family and children. Time for the US to drop all charges and attempts at extradition.
#FreeAssange
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MEDIA RELEASE: Federal Arts Minister Paul Fletcher is misleading the community about the level of assistance provided to the creative and performing arts sector during the COVID pandemic by misusing data provided by his department.
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Here is evidence of back channel lobbying that is impacting on journalists' ability to do their jobs of reporting in the public interest without fear or favour.
The public’s right to know is diminished when journalists are unable to provide factual…
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The release of Cheng Lei is a testament to the tireless advocacy of
#MEAAmedia
and
#PressFreedom
supporters across the globe.
Now it's time for Julian Assange to come home.
We urge
@AlboMP
to raise his case when he next meets
@POTUS
in Washington.
#FreeAssange
#FreeAssangeNOW
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Congratulations to the editorial team at
@junkee
who are now 100% union! We welcome them to our movement to redefine what a great job in
#digitaljournalism
looks like!
#MEAAmedia
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MEDIA RELEASE: The axing of the ABC’s dedicated arts reporting team is a serious blow to informed coverage of Australia’s cultural sector.
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We urge the Australian government to continue diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Julian
#Assange
.
#MEAAmedia
#pressfreedom
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When Boris Johnson’s staff tried Trump-style to selectively ban some journalists, the entire press gallery boycotted him. That’s solidarity.
#MEAAmedia
#strongertogether
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Journalists have a right to express views about their profession and industry.
Signing the letter is simply choosing to take part in legitimate discussion about journalism and the media and no employer has the right to prevent you from doing so or to admonish you for doing so.
It has come to our knowledge that management at a handful of Australian news outlets have been intimidating + questioning journalists about signing the open letter do better, fairer reporting on Palestine. These are reasonable asks about journalistic integrity.
@withMEAA
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"If the extradition of Julian
#Assange
takes place, it will put publishers, whistleblowers and journalists across the globe on notice that they are not safe in pursuing public interest journalism." says
#MEAAmedia
President
@PercyKaren
.
#FreeAssangeNOW
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Vale
@johnpilger
. For more than 50 years, Pilger courageously reported the stories that needed to be told from all over the world, including war crimes, but none were more important than his work in the 1980s revealing the appalling disadvantage experienced by Indigenous…
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Earlier this month,
@wikileaks
editor-in-chief
@khrafnsson
visited Australia to lobby politicans and journalists to speak up for Assange - this is his message to MEAA members.
We will publish the full interview soon.
#MEAAMedia
#WikiLeaks
#Assange
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Julian
#Assange
wins the right to appeal to the Supreme Court against extradition to the US. Once again, we call for these charges which threaten
#pressfreedom
to be dropped and Julian allowed to return to Australia a free man.
#MEAAmedia
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On his 52nd birthday, supporters of Julian
#Assange
and
#PressFreedom
will be gathering outside the British Consulate in Sydney this Monday July 3 at 11am to call for his immediate release from prison and an end to the extradition process.
#FreeAssangeNOW
#MEAAmedia
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Today, April 11, marks two years since the arrest of Julian
#Assange
. We implore US and UK authorities to discontinue extradition appeals and to release Julian from Belmarsh prison. The Morrison govt must do more to secure his freedom.
#PressFreedom
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The role of the ABC chairman is to protect the organisation from political interference, not to act as a messenger boy for the govt of the day.
#4corners
#HandsOffOurABC
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It's very encouraging to hear that
@AlboMP
has personally advocated for the release Julian
#Assange
to the US government.
It's time that the US listens and drops all charges immediately.
#PressFreedom
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This is unacceptable interference in the ABC’s editorial independence . . . again. The government should not be dictating what the ABC should report on nor what is in the public interest.
#HandsOffOurABC
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Many freelance artists, performers and screen crew are ineligible for the government's new JobKeeper wage subsidy. Today they took action on social media to explain why we need an income subsidy for everyone.
@ScottMorrisonMP
@JoshFrydenberg
are you listening?
#NoWorkerLeftBehind
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Full page ad in today's
@thetimes
ahead of the
#Assange
hearing beginning at 8.30pm AEDT. The US charges against Assange are a global attack on
#pressfreedom
and represent a threat to any journalist anywhere writing about the US government.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#MEAAmedia
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The status and integrity of multi-award winning journalists
@Milliganreports
and
@neighbour_s
is beyond question.
If any reminder was needed of that, the response from colleagues across the industry in recent days is resounding and clear.
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.
@KenRoth
on the sacking of
@antoinette_news
: "It makes me wonder is [the] ABC willing to stand up to pressure not to criticise Israel? That's not serving the Australian public."
#MEAAmedia
#NoFearNoFavour
#PressFreedom
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Today we remember the 5 Australian TV journalists murdered by Indonesian soldiers at Balibo on October 16, 1975. We will never give up the fight for justice on their behalf.
#MEAAmedia
#noimpunity
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From tomorrow the British Home Secretary may order Julian
#Assange
's extradition to the US.
@QuentinDempster
and
@MaryKostakidis
will be speaking at a vigil outside the British Consulate from 5pm Wednesday on how his prosecution will be detrimental for
#pressfreedom
globally.
Any day from this Wed Julian Assange could be extradited to the USA. Join our vigil 5pm Wed outside the UK Consulate 1 Macquarie Pl, Sydney.
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BREAKING: UK judge rules against extradition of Julian
#Assange
to US on mental health grounds. Says he would be a suicide risk in US custody.
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
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It’s difficult not to conclude the new $84 million cut to the ABC is for political reasons. The ABC’s enemies will be very happy tonight.
#HandsOffOurABC
#budget2018
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.
@suigenerisjen
, legal adviser to
@wikileaks
and Julian Assange, explains the implications for all journalists of the US gov. indictment against
#Assange
and why it is important for MEAA members to campaign on
#PressFreedom
grounds against his extradition.
#Wikileaks
#MEAAMedia
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Thousands of workers in the arts and entertainment industries aren’t currently eligible for
#jobkeeper
because they are freelancer wage employees who work from gig to gig. Fix it please,
@ScottMorrisonMP
&
@JoshFrydenberg
.
#insiders
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The ABC is a vital, life saving resource for all Australians during times of crisis such as the floods in QLD and NSW. It must be properly resourced to continue in this role, and the millions of dollars of years of budget cuts must be restored.
#HandsOffOurABC
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The new Australian Government should do the right thing for
#pressfreedom
and step up advocacy to the US to drop the charges against Julian
#Assange
.
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MEAA member Hugo Weaving shows his support for fellow MEAA member Julian Assange at the premiere of
@IthakaMovie
.
#FreeAssangeNOW
#Assange
At tonight’s premiere of
@IthakaMovie
Hugo Weaving stood up for Julian Assange and urged everyone to go and see this “profoundly moving film”.
#FreeAssange
#sydfilmfest
@GabrielShipton
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On World Press Freedom Day 2024 we are calling on
@POTUS
to immediately drop all charges against our member Julian Assange in the name of
#PressFreedom
.
#LetHimGoJoe
#FreeAssange
#MEAAmedia
#WorldPressFreedomDay2024
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#MEAAmedia
is concerned about potential lack of access via video stream for Australian journalists to the UK High Court hearing about the Julian
#Assange
extradition next week. A meeting of union members this morning passed the attached motion.
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MEAA staff and members will join a vigil at ABC Southbank in Melbourne at 12.30pm today for ABC colleague Roshdi Sarraj & the other 31 journalists & media workers killed in the Gaza conflict.
#MEAAmedia
#pressfreedom
#endimpunity
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This open letter has been published in all today’s major newspapers. It calls on parliament to legislate protections for journalists and whistleblowers.
Read it & add your name at .
#journalismisNOTacrime
#pressfreedom
#MEAAMedia
#AFPraids
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As
#JulianAssange
's extradition hearing is about to begin in London it's important to remember the global implications to journalism,
#pressfreedom
, and the legal precedent this will set if he is extradited to the US.
@khrafnsson
@suigenerisjen
#BringJulianHome
#FreeAssange
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Media release: Editorial staff at the ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior managers over the broadcaster’s handling of complaints.
#MEAAmedia
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We welcome Caroline Kennedy as the next US ambassador to Australia and will be seeking a meeting at the earliest possible time to push for the charges against Julian
#Assange
to be dropped.
#MEAAmedia
#PressFreedom
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Nine’s takeover of Fairfax is a bad day for media diversity and quality journalism. It should be rejected by the ACCC. Read our full statement here:
#MEAAmedia
#FairGoFairfax
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MEAA has written to Prime Minister
@AlboMP
and Foreign Minister
@SenatorWong
urging them to press the United States to drop espionage charges against WikiLeaks publisher Julian
#Assange
.
#MEAAmedia
#PressFreedom
#FreeAssangeNOW
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How can
@PaulFletcherMP
deny the ABC budget cuts on live tv with a straight face?
#insiders
#HandsOffOurABC
#SaveOurABC
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Within hours, we will know if the bid by Julian
#Assange
to avoid extradition to the US has been successful. This case is critical for the future of
#pressfreedom
.
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Hundreds of Australian journalists have signed an open letter calling for fair and balanced coverage of Palestine.
#MEAAmedia
condemns intimidation in their workplace or elsewhere of any journalist who puts their name to the letter.
#pressfreedom
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The US government should simply drop the charges against Julian
#Assange
or at least stop the extradition process and allow him to return to his home country.
The UK and Australian governments could do a lot more to facilitate this.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Reports that the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs advocated for a new form of media censorship and to “criminalise” journalism raise disturbing concerns that must be acted upon by the Federal Government.
#MEAAmedia
#pressfreedom
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Media release: The US Government should respect Australia’s wishes and drop the charges against Julian
#Assange
before a court hearing begins next week.
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
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Exclusive for
#MEAAmedia
members:
@suigenerisjen
and
@MaryKostakidis
in conversation about the fight against extradition to the US of Julian
#Assange
next Tuesday, October 27 at 7.30pm AEDT. Register here:
#pressfreedom
#journalismisnotacrime
#righttoknow
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A war crime was committed on October 16, 1975. But after 44 years, there is still no justice for the Balibo 5: Gary Cunningham, Brian Peters, Malcolm Rennie, Greg Shackleton and Tony Stewart.
#Balibo
#endimpunity
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
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Legendary journalist Kerry O'Brien discusses the implications of extraditing Julian
#Assange
to the US to be charged for his work with Wikileaks.
#MEAAmedia
#PressFreedom
@QandA
#QandA
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Regardless of where you stand on the referendum, this type of veiled threat to journalists spotted at a No rally on the weekend is unacceptable.
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
Image credit:
@arielbogle
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The first episode of Ithaka: A Fight For Julian Assange goes to air tonight on
@ABCTV
and iView at 8.30pm, and you can join in the conversation using the hashtags
#Ithaka
#FreeAssangeNOW
.
#MEAAmedia
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Under the new laws a journalist could go to jail just for being sent documents even if they never published them. This is a direct attack on
#pressfreedom
in Australia.
SIGN the petition
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Let's be clear: sleazy cheque book journalism like this is the antithesis of what
#MEAAmedia
and our members stand for.
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It is 45 years today since our colleagues - Gary Cunningham, aged 27; Brian Peters, 24; Malcolm Rennie, 29; Greg Shackleton, 29; Tony Stewart, 21- were murdered by Indonesian special forces in East Timor.
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
#Balibo
#endimpunity
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In light of the recent events in Christchurch, it's important that journalists remember their ethical responsibilities and refrain from publishing any inflammatory content.
#MEAAMedia
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Journalist Code of Ethics point 2: Do not place unnecessary emphasis on personal characteristics, including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, family relationships, religious belief, or physical or intellectual disability.
#AfricanGangs
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Sheer hypocrisy from a government that is seeking to jail Julian
#Assange
for life and is one of the most grievous threats to
#pressfreedom
worldwide.
#MEAAmedia
Journalists perform a critical role in society, but they are too often threatened, attacked, or murdered – crimes that often go unpunished. On International Day to
#EndImpunity
for Crimes against Journalists, we call on all governments to investigate and redress these crimes.
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It’s time to make a stand for the truth and for journalism without fear or favour.
#NoFearNoFavour
The public’s right to know is diminished when journalists are unable to provide factual information accurately, fairly and transparently because they fear retribution from their…
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The arts industry isn't just big arts companies: it's thousands and thousands of individual workers who have no work and need income support now, not in a few months time. Why doesn't
@PaulFletcherMP
understand this?
#qanda
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We welcome the decision of the Federal Court to protect confidential journalist sources. This is a huge victory for public interest journalism and the public’s
#RightToKnow
.
#MEAAmedia
#pressfreedom
BREAKING: Big victory for right to know and journo source protection. The Age/Sydney Morning Herald has defeated war crimes suspect Ben Roberts-Smith in the federal court. He wanted us to reveal sources. We refused. Court decision means our sources-brave soldiers-stay secret.
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The documentary ithaka, a moving and intimate portrayal of John Shipton's fight to save his son, Julian
#Assange
, is now screening in cinemas.
#MEAAmedia
Check where it's showing and book tickets here:
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It is four years since Julian
#Assange
was arrested and his future is still in limbo. It is time for the US to drop the espionage charges and extradition and allow Assange to be reunited with his family.
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
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Did you see tonight's
@AustralianStory
about
@BehrouzBoochani
? Add your name to the call to resettle him in Australia:
#ManusIsland
#FreeBehrouz
#AustralianStory
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MEAA has written to SBS after reports that some journalists have been pressured to remove their signature from an open letter urging balanced coverage of Palestinian perspectives in the current Middle East conflict. Read the full statement:
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As the ABC celebrates 90 years of stories, ABC journalists stand against cuts to the Archives which will impede our storytelling ability.
#HandsOffOurABC
#Olle22
#AndrewOlle
#MEAAmedia
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Media statement: Second AFP raid in two days a disturbing ‘new normal’ that seeks to criminalise journalism.
#MEAAmedia
#pressfreedom
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Julian
#Assange
should come home to Australia but as a free man, not a prisoner.
#pressfreedom
#journalismisnotacrime
#MEAAmedia
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MEDIA RELEASE: MEAA welcomes today’s decision by a British judge to prevent the extradition to the United States of our member Julian Assange and calls on the US government to now drop his prosecution.
#pressfreedom
#MEAAmedia
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Closing AAP Newswire is irresponsible; government must act to rein in digital giants
#MEAAmedia
#saveAAP
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We would like all readers of
@smh
and
@theage
to maintain their subs but DO NOT open the papers today or visit the websites.
#fairgofairfax
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.
@AlboMP
pledges a Labor govt would restore the $84m cut from the ABC.
#MEAAmedia
#HandsOffOurABC
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