When I say this made me cackle...
Former Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe arrested on allegations of misusing state funds - ABC News share.google/6cPj2xHyXZWF...
#slpol #lka #srilanka @abcnews via @apnews.com
If anyone wants to support a little tiny film please donate: www.gofundme.com/f/vanilla-sl...
Narmeen Qawwas was an intern, 28, killed when an air strike hit her home.
An intern, learning the craft. Who should have been protected. A baby journo.
If you won't see her rights as an equal human then think of what we lost in future reporting and news and passion for what is a dangerous job.
Proud to stand with my union against what is happening in Gaza. We remember and honour our colleagues who have been showing us the truth of what's happening on the ground. Stop Killing Journalists. #pressfreedom #gaza @withmeaa.bsky.social
youtu.be/qMq8OUw95-U?...
Narmeen Qawwas was an intern, 28, killed when an air strike hit her home.
An intern, learning the craft. Who should have been protected. A baby journo.
If you won't see her rights as an equal human then think of what we lost in future reporting and news and passion for what is a dangerous job.
Proud to stand with my union against what is happening in Gaza. We remember and honour our colleagues who have been showing us the truth of what's happening on the ground. Stop Killing Journalists. #pressfreedom #gaza @withmeaa.bsky.social
youtu.be/qMq8OUw95-U?...
93rd Melbourne rally for Gaza, 25k in Melbourne, 300k in Sydney, 665 days since Oct 7.
Recorded to bear witness, to show the call is not silent, isolated, small or invisible.
Always for Gaza, for First Nations, for peace, for fellow journalists, for justice.
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@withmeaa.bsky.social Melbourne/Naarm members. Contingent meeting at state library steps at 11:45 am today to march. Come find us if you want to march with us. Will be in meaa hoodies etc. All sections.
Still laughing that the NSW Supreme Court basically told the NSW government to stop being clowns about preventing protests because it was uncomfortable for their vision of political branding. This guy really is Premier de Minnsimis
The former prime minister arguing against a constitutional separation of powers in favour of the premier being able to overrule the will of the people is an interesting direction for our “democracy”
'Right moment'? Australia risks losing power and respect on Gaza
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
This is also the argument the Samuel Griffith Society have seeded among the legal profession to lock up the courts on climate change and land rights.
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
Back to #writing #speculativefiction and #crimefiction:
Twitch.tv/maristillplays
Nine Publishing relies on freelancers to deliver quality journalism, but with a business model that relies on freelance rates going backwards in real terms, freelancers cannot continue to sustainably do their jobs.
SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION NOW- www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...
We have hit 1400+ signatures on this petition. It's public, anyone can sign. Would it not be nice to take it up to oooh say 3000 by Monday? Sign & share if you think Nine shld pay their journalists. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...
#auspol #petition @withmeaa.bsky.social #media #election
Nine newspapers have slashed in-house staff, refused to pay decent rates to freelancers, yet executives are earning millions.
Freelancers are asking for a fair minimum rate and regular rate increases. Please support us, sign our petition: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...
@withmeaa.bsky.social
Freelance journos shoulder growing personal and political risks while our pay has been declining for decades - sign the petition today demanding that Nine resume negotiations for minimum rates and a collective freelance agreement! @withmeaa.bsky.social
www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...
Seeing stuff like this makes me desperately miss cataloguing queer games. So much cool stuff in one place! Amazing work by the Checkpoint team, I can't wait to discover a bunch of new favourites! 💖
Freelancers and the @withmeaa.bsky.social are demanding that Nine returns to the negotiating table to give workers a fair go. Sign the petition here: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/freelance-nine
As a reader/subscriber, the money Nine mgmt makes off you is not going to staff or freelancers. Mgmt agreed to meet freelancers last year - they've not offered anything meaningful yet on rates. Pls sign & share this. Ask where your $ go if not to staff. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...
Events this week in Melbourne:
Monday 31 March:
5:30 pm Trans day of visibility rally at state library
6 pm @withMEAA meet up at Emerald Peacock
April 3:
Women In Media Freelancer Panel event at Social Status in South Melbourne at 5:30 pm - register here: bit.ly/41lKsv7
Hi, I'm Marisa Wikramanayake. I'm a freelance journo, book editor & writer currently based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) on Kulin land & a member of my union @withmeaa.bsky.social.
This is a thread of impt info to help people.
I personally don't mind being called far left activist rabble. That being levied at an union over this issue says so much abt the person saying it.
The union isn't just me/those elected. It's your colleagues & comrades who have won you your work rights & EBAs. Whose fees have paid for it.
If the Walkleys becomes more independent of the union, who does it answer to? Who sees where the money goes? How it is spent? If things are genuinely made equitable & accessible to all in our industry? If things are ethical?
I want it to be for all of us not just a few.
If you contribute to The Age, SMH, AFR, WAtoday, and/or Brisbane Times its critical you come along to an important meeting to hear delegates report back on management's position and vote on our next steps as a collective. meaa.io/4iBvJ6y
#MEAAmedia #FairGo4Freelancers
Let's have a debate! The Walkleys would not exist without our union @withmeaa.bsky.social which created the awards and sustained and nurtured them for 70 years 1/3 Walkleys board members resign amid tensions between union and awards foundation | Weekly Beast www.theguardian.com/media/commen...
Media release: The Walkley Awards have been part of the MEAA’s DNA for 70 years. meaa.io/41u3P5n
A 'more independent' Walkley foundation sounds good at first...
But is anyone answering the follow-up question of where the foundation WOULD get its mandate from?
MEAA is the most democratic, accountable body the profession has.
www.smh.com.au/business/com...
We do know that the demands for WF independence from MEAA seemed happen around the same time MEAA members started asking why the Walkley Foundation had given a grant to COSMOS to use AI to write content, undermining MEAA members' work without consent or remuneration.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
