MEMBERS WIN INDUSTRY LEADING FREELANCE DEAL AT NINE PUBLISHING! In June 2025, management at Nine Publishing signed a deal with MEAA committing to an 11% increase for freelancers, annual reviews of rates, and a seat at the table to negotiate again next year. This win comes off the back of ongoing collective pressure by freelance…
The National Freelance Committee of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) works to improve freelancers’ power, respect, fair pay and conditions. MEAA’s National Freelance Committee aims to improve freelancers’ power through collective actions for respect, fair pay and conditions. The committee was formally established by MEAA’s Federal Council in 2019 and existed prior to that…
We are seeking member endorsement of the MEAA Freelance Charter of Rights. Freelance journalists, photographers, writers, editors, producers, cartoonists and illustrators are a vital part of the media industry, and we are standing together to set a floor for pay and conditions and protect quality journalism. The MEAA National Freelance Committee has compiled almost…
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‘Payment on publication’ is a common practice in media freelance journalism. A freelancer calls for this model to change.
By Vivienne Pearson Why I’m shifting from writing for media to copywriting Ironically, it was an accountant rather than a writer or editor who succinctly summed up my dilemma. “There seems to be a disconnect between your bylines and your income,” she said, after looking at my website showing my writing in The Sydney Morning…
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