The MEAA will ask the new Communications and Arts Minister Mitch Fifield to guarantee the ABC and SBS's funding and independence and to restore arts funding.
Consumer organisation Choice is running a campaign against a "three-strikes" scheme, one of the anti-online piracy measures which it says the government is considering
Internet Service Providers would be required to issue warnings to subscribers who are suspected of illegally downloading copyright material in a measure being considered by the federal government.
Regardless of which side wins Saturday's election, the incoming government is not likely to provide any immediate stimulus or benefit to the screen production industry, except a tightening of the copyright laws.
Screen producers are hopeful an incoming Coalition Government will agree to their pleas to lift the producer offset for TV drama from 20% to 40% and to raise the uncompetitive 16.5% location rebate to 30%.