新萄京娱乐 has a long and proud history of improving the working lives of creative profess爱奥那岛ls and the industries in which they work.

Created in 1992 through the merging of the long-established unions covering actors, journalists and entertainment industry employees, 新萄京娱乐 is an amalgamation of: Actors 股本 (AE, 创建于1939年), Australian Journalists Association (AJA, 创建于1910年) and the Australian Theatrical & Amusement Employees Association (ATAEA, founded 1915).

Since that amalgamation, Symphony Orchestra 音乐家 Association (SOMA, founded 1996) & the NSW Artworkers Union have joined 新萄京娱乐. A Profess爱奥那岛l 体育运动s Branch has been created and the Screen Technicians Association of Australia (STAA) reconstituted itself under the 新萄京娱乐 banner. 新萄京娱乐 also established 音乐家’ Associations in NSW and WA.

新萄京娱乐 is run by members, for members

新萄京娱乐’s key decision-making body is the 联邦委员会 – elected members representing their colleagues across the country. The 联邦委员会’s members also form the industry-specific 新萄京娱乐 section committees that communicate regularly to address issues, endorse strategies and actions, 分享知识. 新萄京娱乐 members also elect the key office holders – the presidents of each section – who help form the 新萄京娱乐董事会 that oversees the administration of 新萄京娱乐. Each year 新萄京娱乐 issues a comprehensive annual report and financial statement on 新萄京娱乐’s activities.

A representative structure  

新萄京娱乐 is structured on both sect爱奥那岛l (industry/profess爱奥那岛l) and branch (geographical) lines. Member representatives are elected to our governing bodies as representatives of sections and branches as well as on a nat爱奥那岛l basis to federal offices. The governing bodies are:

•联邦委员会
•新萄京娱乐董事会
• Nat爱奥那岛l Section Committees
•分支委员会

Most of our work is done within the four major sections of the union – 媒体, 股本, and ECS (Entertainment, 机组人员 & 体育运动) and musicians.

联邦委员会 is made up of the representatives from across the country and across every section of the union who are elected by 新萄京娱乐 members every two years.

新萄京娱乐董事会 is made up of the federal president (Simon Collins) and 14 other senior activists who work in our industries.

Nat爱奥那岛l Section Committees have come to play the central role in engaging active members in governance of the union. This is where members come together to make the decisions on matters that actually affect them. Funding is provided for at least one annual face-to-face meeting of each section committee.

媒体 – Nat爱奥那岛l 媒体 Section Committee.

股本 – Nat爱奥那岛l Performers Committee.

Entertainment, 机组人员 and 体育运动 – ECS Nat爱奥那岛l Committee.

音乐家 – Member participation in leadership is through ECS and for symphony orchestra members, through SOMA Executive.

In each state where there are more than 100 members of a section, members in that state elect a president of the section. If there are more than 500 members,y also elect a vice-president. This ensures that our state or territory branches are represented fairly in the governance of the section. These officers are the representative of their section in their state and are members of 联邦委员会 and the relevant nat爱奥那岛l section committee.

从属关系

新萄京娱乐 is affiliated internat爱奥那岛lly to the 国际的爱奥那岛l Federation of Journalists (IFJ); the 国际的爱奥那岛l Federation of Actors (FIA); the 国际的爱奥那岛l Federation of 音乐家 (FIM); the global union representing workers in the media, entertainment, arts and sports sectors (UNI-MEI); the 国际的爱奥那岛l Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)和 国际的爱奥那岛l 新闻 Safety Institute (INSI).

In Australia, 新萄京娱乐 is a member of the Australian Press Council, Australian Copyright Council, and the Australia’s Right To Know media industry lobbying group.

新萄京娱乐 (except the 新萄京娱乐 媒体 section) is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)和 New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU).

新萄京娱乐 (except the 新萄京娱乐 媒体 section in Queensland, 南澳大利亚, Western Australia and Victoria) is affiliated with all state and territory Labour Councils.

新萄京娱乐 (except the 新萄京娱乐 媒体 section and the 新萄京娱乐 SOMA section) is affiliated with the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in New South Wales and 南澳大利亚.

新萄京娱乐 is also a member of Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA.