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Hunters
Monday, 20 April 2015
Hunters crew agreement talks initiated
Producers of cable television series Hunters have approached
MEAA to discuss crew conditions for a new agreement.
The producers have confirmed that shooting will take place in
Victoria, at the Docklands Studios in Melbourne, with preproduction to commence in June and production to start late July
2015.
The producers are seeking similar conditions to those negotiated
for Unbroken, which would significantly erode Australian standards
for crew conditions including night loading, weekend penalties,
overtime penalties and travel time.
MEAA will consult MEAA members on the proposed conditions,
whether they are working on it or not. Join us and have your say!
Where: MEAA Victorian office: 3/365 Queen St, Melbourne
When: 10am on Monday, April 20 and,
6-8pm on Thursday, April 23.
RSVP: Chloe.Gaul@meaa.org
Hunters fact file
Offshore cable television
production
Budget: Unknown
Shoot location: Docklands
Studio and Melbourne
surrounds
Production negotiator:
Helen Panckhurst
(Matchbox) /Catherine
McDonald (Consultant)
Production Company:
Universal Cable
Productions (division of
NBC universal) / Matchbox
Pictures
Executive Producer: Gale
Anne Hurd
Production dates
Pre-production: June 1 to
July 24, 2015
Shoot: July 27 to December
4, 2015
Post: July 28 to Feb 5, 2016
Authorised by Mal Tulloch, Director of Entertainment, Crew & Sport
Web: http://www.alliance.org.au | Email: mail@meaa.org| Phone: MEAA Member Central: 1300 656 512
Below is a summary and comparison of key conditions.
Overtime Sat/6th day
Overtime Mon-Fri
Time-anda-half
after 8
hours
Doubletime after
10 hours
MPPA



Childhood’s
End
(2014)



Unbroken**
(2013)
MEAA
Offshore
Template



(after 12 hrs)

(after 12 hrs)
Tripletime
after 12
hours


Tripletime
after 13
hours
Standard
night
loadings
Sunday
doubletime
20km
travel
radius
Doubletime after
2 hours
Doubletime after
5 hours
Tripletime after
12 hours






*
*





reduced to
25% for 2
days
increased to
25km for 10
days





(after 10 hrs)




(10-20% for
offset crew
only)



(10-20% for
offset crew
only)
(unless
location
exigencies)


(30km)

(30km)
Minimum
Rates in
agreement
MPPA
MPPA rates
adjusted for
CPI
Higher than
MPPA but less
than market
rates
Offshore
market rates
** The producers of Hunters propose using the Unbroken agreement with the additional provision that Avalon would be a “report-to” location, i.e. no
travel time paid.
Click to view an evaluation of the conditions on the Unbroken agreement compared to the BREA, MPPA and Childhood’s End agreements.
Join MEAA today! http://www.alliance.org.au/join.htm
Authorised by Mal Tulloch, Director of Entertainment, Crew & Sport
Web: http://www.alliance.org.au | Email: mail@meaa.org| Phone: MEAA Member Central: 1300 656 512