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Media,
Entertainment & Arts Alliance
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (The
Alliance) is the Australian trade union and professional
organisation which covers the media, entertainment,
sports and arts industries. Its 36,000 members
include people working in TV, radio, theatre &
film, cinemas, entertainment venues, recreation
grounds, journalists, actors, dancers, sportspeople,
cartoonists, photographers, orchestral & opera
performers as well as people working in public
relations, advertising, book publishing &
website production; in fact everyone who works
in the industries that inform or entertain Australians.
The
Alliance was created in 1992 through the merging
of the unions covering actors, journalists and
entertainment industry employees:
* Actors Equity (AE)
* The Australian Journalists Association (AJA)
* The Australian Theatrical & Amusement Employees
Association (ATAEA)
Since
amalgamation, the Symphony Orchestra Musicians
Association (SOMA) & the NSW Artworkers Union
have joined the Alliance, a Professional Sports
Branch has been created & the Screen Technicians
Association of Australia (STAA) reconstituted
itself under the Alliance banner.
The
Alliance is affiliated with the Australian Council
of Trade Unions, ACTU, the International Federation
of Actors and the International Federation of
Journalists, is a member of the Copyright Council,
and is represented on all major training delivery
bodies catering for its members. It is affiliated
with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
and State Labor Councils on behalf of its actors
and other entertainment industry sections (excluding
journalists) and in some states some sections
are affiliated with the Australian Labor Party.
The
Alliance is also a member of the International
Freedom of Expression Exchange, a global network
of more than 70 non-governmental organisations
that monitors press freedom and free expression
violations worldwide.
The
current national secretary is Chris Warren, who
has also been the President of the International
Federation of Journalists. (Credit:
wikipedia).
Websites
Media,
Entertainment & Arts Alliance
The Walkley
Awards
MEAA
has assisted and consulted on matters including
but not limited to: AWAs, IR, Charles "Fantasy
Island" Gant, Gabriel "Virgin Star"
Maas, "Millionaires and Models", and
Danny Sy "The Hustler"
Media Man Australia
Media
Man Australia is a member of the Media, Entertainment
& Arts Alliance
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