in more sounds familiar news gina rhinehart decides that not being satisfied that she can ship in foreign workers without traning anyone here, she’s decided that she’ll ship work out of this country in a bold move against the nation
time for gina to be taken to court methinks?
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FAIRFAX MEDIA’S largest shareholder has continued to crank up the pressure on the company’s board with a third call in a less than a week for a new strategy at the group.
In another email to BusinessDay, Gina Rinehart described the media group as ‘‘ailing’‘, called for a change in approach to tackle its ‘‘poor performance’‘ and directly included management in her critique.
Mrs Rinehart, who now owns more than 13 per cent of the group, said: ‘‘The articulation of the strategy to revive the ailing Fairfax resides with the board and management of Fairfax and the chairman needs to urgently address this in the interests of all shareholders, rather than merely hoping for improvements in circulation, revenue and share price or perhaps trying to blame … industry conditions.’‘
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Fairfax media is planning to relocate production of its regional newspapers to New Zealand.
The proposed changes will affect a total of 66 staff, a statement released by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) said.
It said the staff would be offered voluntary redundancies or redeployment, but some staff may also be forced into redundancy.
The affected newspapers include the Illawarra Mercury, Newcastle Herald and seven associated community titles including the Lake Times, Kiama Independent, Newcastle Star, Myall Coast Nota, Port Stephens Examiner and Lakes Mail.
Workers were told about the plans on Tuesday afternoon and Fairfax has announced the move on the papers’ websites.
Fairfax said the changes were part of a “wider company strategy to pursue operational efficiencies while strengthening the focus on audience growth and producing quality content”.
It said no reporting or photographic positions would be affected.
But the MEAA has rejected Fairfax’s proposal.
It believes relocating key editorial staff offshore will only inhibit the newspapers’ ability to tell quality local news.
“This is a very dangerous step for Fairfax to be taking,” MEAA federal secretary Chris Warren said.
“There has been no experience in Australia of companies making the decision to offshore such a central part of the newspaper and this can only destroy the vital nexus between the newsroom and the community.
“Newspapers are not just the product of photographers or journalists – sub-editors are the heart of the newsroom, with vast institutional and organisational memories, and an intimate knowledge of their community.
“It is our belief that the entire staff should always be embedded in the community to enable the newspaper to tell the local story accurately.
“This is an alarming precedent that could be replicated on other mastheads like the Sydney Morning Herald or The Age and should be stopped before it’s too late.”