The MEAA has condemned the latest round of redundancies at Network Ten, claiming these will further erode its broadcast and editorial functions and massively increase the workload of the remaining staff.
MEAA crew members working on Neighbours have voted to take industrial action for the first time in 25 years.
More than 90 per cent of votes were in favour of protected industrial action, following stalled negotiations between MEAA and Freemantle
Screen Producers Australia is striving to simplify the often cumbersome process of arranging contracts for screen productions.
Negotiations between the union representing the crew on Neighbours and FremantleMedia Australia have reached a stalemate and the union is now seeking a ballot of its members in order to begin an industrial campaign.
A long-running dispute between the Neighbours crew and FremantleMedia Australia could be headed for a resolution this week.
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union for Australia's creative professionals, has expressed serious concern over recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission to overhaul Australia's copyright regime.
MEAA federal secretary Christopher Warren has advised the union's federal management committee he will not seek re-election when his current four-year-term term expires next year.
The technicians' union and the producers of the Australian mystery drama Strangerland have signed an industrial agreement which the union hopes will set a precedent for Australian films.