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Michael Slezak

@mikeyslezak.bsky.social

Environment reporter for ABC in Australia, doing a mix of news and investigations. + Co-chair ABC MEAA House Committee + Federal President Media, MEAA Opinions mine. ✍️ https://www.abc.net.au/news/michael-slezak/9641812 ✊ https://www.meaa.org/join

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Michael Slezak@mikeyslezak.bsky.social · 4mo ago

ABC workers take their role in delivering quality news and content incredibly seriously. We care about our audience and our mission. But we can’t do that without safe and sustainable jobs. That’s what the strike this week was about - securing a strong ABC for the future. @withmeaa.bsky.social

Hundreds of MEAA members striking outside the ABC Ultimo HQ. Photo taken from above.
Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"For ten years now, the ABC has been led by people whose idea of independence and impartiality amounts to their faces not being in The Australian. Risk aversion has replaced integrity." Hugh Marks' handling of the staff strike, and the issues leading up to it, suggest he is unfit for the MD role.

Scott Mitchell@scottmitchell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hugh Marks: "The audience comes first, and we need to stop playing games.” It betrays that he doesn't even understand who he's negotiating with. These are staff who've broadcast from warzones, driven into bushfires, and worked days straight for no extra pay. www.lamestream.com.au/should-hugh-...

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 4mo ago

ABC boss’s ‘utterly offensive’ comments condemned as broadcaster comes back online after strike

ABC boss’s ‘utterly offensive’ comments condemned as broadcaster comes back online after strike

Staff urge managing director to retract comments after he describes industrial action as ‘playing games’ ABC staff and union representatives have urged managing director Hugh Marks to retract “utterly offensive” comments after he said staff had treated taking industrial action as “a bit of a game”. Marks made the comments just hours before the end of the 24-hour strike that saw more than 2,000 staff members walk off the job on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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Jennifer Mills@jennifermills.net.au · 6mo ago

“If we don’t stand up for free expression, we will end up with a bland program that politicians think is palatable, which is very dangerous for artists and for democracy.” Good to see Sydney Writers’ Festival defending authors. www.theage.com.au/culture/art-...

Palestinian-Australian academic to headline Sydney Writers’ Festival

The announcement comes just weeks after the Adelaide Writers’ Week event collapsed following a mass boycott when the Palestinian-Australian academic was dumped from the program.

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MEAA@withmeaa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Congratulations California on becoming the first US state to ban using AI to replace performers! This is the kind of sensible reforms that protects arts and creativity without blocking the constructive uses of AI. #StopAITheft #PayUp

California first state to claim using AI to replace an actor is now against the law

California has become the first US state to claim that using AI in order to replace a real actor is against the law.With artificial intelligence becoming increasingly prevalent in our daily lives,…

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MEAA@withmeaa.bsky.social · last yr.

MEAA supports the right to protest and freedom of expression. We stand up for press freedom across the world, including the almost 200 journalists that have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 — the fact that international media has been blockaded from entering Gaza is a press freedom crisis.

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