This is the 2008 edition of the Alliance's annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia, and reports some promising developments over the past twelve months.

This Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority focuses on the need for maintaining quotas for children's programs, the desirability of increasing the quotas, scheduling and promotion, the inadvisability of contemplating so-called tradable obligations and touches on advertising. When the Australian Content Standard was last reviewed in 2002, it...

FULL TEXT: In this submission the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance comments on whether Australia should participate as a third party in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement panel requested by the United States concerning the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights by China. The Alliance is aware of the disputes in question...

The Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007 has been put in place because the Federal Government has acknowledged that the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 is unfair. Alliance members working in the circus industry have an intimate knowledge of safety nets. If a safety net is a safety net, it...

Australians are currently served by two public broadcasting networks. While both the ABC and the SBS have charters that require them to broadcast programs that, in the case of the ABC, “reflect the cultural diversity of the Australian community”, and, in the case of SBS, “contribute to meeting the communications needs of Australia’s multicultural society...