Greens top digital rights election scorecard
The Australian Greens have received the highest rating in an assessment of digital rights policies by a privacy advocacy group.
The Australian Greens have received the highest rating in an assessment of digital rights policies by a privacy advocacy group.
The Australian Greens have called for the establishment of a “digital rights commissioner” as part of a suite of new policies unveiled yesterday by the party.
The Australian Greens have renewed calls to scrap Privacy Act exemptions for political parties in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The Senate has voted down a Greens motion to establish a parliamentary inquiry into network neutrality protections.
More politicians have indicated they will not enter their name in tonight’s Census.
South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has declared that he will not enter his name in tomorrow night’s Census despite the potential to be prosecuted.
The Greens will push for a Digital Rights Commissioner to be added to the Australian Human Rights Commission, the party said today.
Private companies with revenue of $200 million or more will need to disclose their tax affairs while international companies with revenues of $1 billion will need to prepare general purpose financial statements following amendments to the federal government’s Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Avoidance) Bill 2015.
The crossbenchers have provided the "true opposition" to the government's proposed data retention regime, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam told a press conference earlier today.
The Australian Greens proposed several amendments to the data retention bill that they said address privacy and security gaps in the legislation.
The government should delay debate on its proposed mandatory data retention legislation at least until a parliamentary committee has investigated its potential impact on journalism, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has argued.
Scott Ludlam is the voice of the Australian Greens on ICT issues and has earned a reputation for not holding back when it comes to protecting civil liberties in the digital age.
The Senate has beat back a Pirate Party petition against a proposed data retention law under consideration by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
The Greens will seek to block the federal government’s proposed Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, communications spokesperson, Scott Ludlum has told the Senate.
A joint parliamentary committee into the National Broadband Network (NBN) will no longer be dominated by Labor politicians and will begin sooner than planned, Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, has said.