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Speech by Karen Percy to ABC Friends event, May 8, 2021
This is an edited version of a speech given by MEAA’s federal vice president Karen Percy to an ABC Friends panel discussion on the damage the attacks on the ABC have caused to the public broadcaster. Delivered on Saturday, May 8 at Melbourne’s Hawthorn Town Hall.
Thanks to all of you for being here and for the opportunity to speak to you today.
There are two days that really stand out for me in my long association with the ABC.
The first is the day in February 1987 when I got a call from the news chief of staff in Adelaide telling me I was the next TV News cadet. I was beyond thrilled. I remember it like it was yesterday – the call came to the café in the CBD where I was working between university classes. I cried with joy when I heard the news. I promptly called my parents – my dad sent me a telegram of congratulations! It was simultaneously exciting and terrifying. I was a journalist at last.
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 news sites at publishers that belong to the Press Council.
MEAA’s predecessor, the Australian Journalists’ Association, played a crucial role in establishing the Press Council after more than 20 years of lobbying for self-regulation. Despite not being a publisher itself, MEAA has contributed more than $A100,000 each year to the organisation within recent years.
Journalists’ union gives notice to quit Australian Press Council
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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 Australian Press Council.
The National Media Section Committee of the MEAA – a governing committee made up of rank-and-file members – resolved last night to advise the APC that it will be giving the required four years’ notice to leave the organisation in 2025.
MEAA announces intention to withdraw from Australian Press Council
April 21, 2021 12:57
Australia’s union for journalists, the MEAA (Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance), has announced its intention to withdraw from the Australian Press Council (APC).
The MEAA said its decision follows feedback and consultation from members of its Media section that was overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the APC, and revealed its members believe the council has “lost credibility” and has failed to keep up with media convergence.
MEAA Media federal president Marcus Strom, vice-president Karen Percy
Withdrawal from the council requires four years’ notice, and the MEAA confirmed today it will notify the APC of its intention to withdraw. The decision follows a meeting the MEAA’s governing committee, made up of rank-and-file members: the National Media Section Committee of the MEAA.