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November 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Kasun Ubayasiri We are gathered here to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) National Media Section usually campaigns for journalists’ rights and industrial agency in Australia — but today, we join hands with the IFJ — International Federation of Journalists, the ... <a title="Making a stand against the global assault on press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/making-a-stand-against-the-global-assault-on-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Making a stand against the global assault on press freedom">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Union members of Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) have made a video honouring the 242 Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by the Israeli military since October 2023 — many of them targeted. The death toll has been reported by the Gaza Media Office since the latest killing of six ... <a title="‘Stop killing journalists’ in Gaza plea by media alliance advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/stop-killing-journalists-in-gaza-plea-by-media-alliance-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop killing journalists’ in Gaza plea by media alliance advocates">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has condemned the continued targeted killing of media workers in Gaza and the baseless smearing of working journalists as “terrorists”, following the deaths of five Al Jazeera staff over the weekend. Al Jazeera journalists Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed ... <a title="MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/meaa-condemns-targeted-attacks-on-gaza-journalists-as-a-war-crime/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The union for Australian journalists has welcomed the delivery by the federal government of more than $150 million to support the sustainability of public interest journalism over the next four years. Combined with the announcement of the revamped News Bargaining Initiative, this could result in up to $400 million in additional funding ... <a title="MEAA welcomes News MAP funding ‘leg up’ for Australian journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/21/meaa-welcomes-news-map-funding-leg-up-for-australian-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA welcomes News MAP funding ‘leg up’ for Australian journalism">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The reported plea bargain between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the United States government brings to a close one of the darkest periods in the history of media freedom, says the union for Australian journalists. While the details of the deal are still to be confirmed, MEAA welcomed the release of Assange, ... <a title="Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/plea-deal-ends-personal-ordeal-for-julian-assange-but-still-media-freedom-concerns-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says MEAA">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Editorial staff at Australia’s public broadcaster ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior managers over the handling of complaints by Israeli lobbyists. At a national meeting of members of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance this week, staff passed a resolution of no ... <a title="ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza comments sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/abc-editorial-staff-call-for-content-chief-to-resign-over-gaza-comments-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza comments sacking">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The incoming chair of the ABC, Kim Williams, must immediately move to restore the reputation of Australia’s national broadcaster by addressing concerns about the impact of external pressures on editorial decision making, says the media union. The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union representing journalists at the ABC, today called on ... <a title="New ABC chair must restore reputation for independence, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/new-abc-chair-must-restore-reputation-for-independence-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about New ABC chair must restore reputation for independence, says MEAA">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Union members at the Australian public broadcaster 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, reports the national media union. The vote was passed overwhelmingly at a national online meeting attended ... <a title="ABC staff ‘have lost confidence’ in boss in defending public trust in Israel row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/abc-staff-have-lost-confidence-in-boss-in-defending-public-trust-in-israel-row/" aria-label="Read more about ABC staff ‘have lost confidence’ in boss in defending public trust in Israel row">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s new media draft policy would put a stop to reporting news not regarded as “positive” for the country’s image, says former PNG Media Council director Bob Howarth. Howarth, who was director from 2001-2005, said that the national government needed to seriously look at the way the media ... <a title="Learn from Timor-Leste ‘freedom’, says former PNG media council head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/learn-from-timor-leste-freedom-says-former-png-media-council-head/" aria-label="Read more about Learn from Timor-Leste ‘freedom’, says former PNG media council head">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Australia’s union for journalists says Australian journalism is in crisis after years of disruption, undermining and neglect, and swift action is needed to halt the decline. A new study pointing to the crisis in public interest journalism demands urgent government action to safeguard democracy. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) ... <a title="MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/meaa-calls-for-halt-to-slow-erosion-of-media-to-safeguard-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard democracy">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Journalism Research and Education Association of Australia (JERAA) has urged the Australian government to make a strong commitment to supporting journalists and media personnel in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of international forces. JERAA said in a statement today it had endorsed the calls of Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance ... <a title="JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/jeraa-calls-for-urgent-action-to-support-afghan-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
International Federation of Journalists Australia’s journalists’ union – the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) – 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. Formed in 1976 as an alternative to government intervention, the Australian Press Council has ... <a title="Australian journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/australian-journalists-union-urges-new-approach-to-media-regulation/" aria-label="Read more about Australian journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation">Read more</a>
