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• Ludlam on NBN Co: Keep it public to keep it honest

  By Spandas Lui | 07 September, 2011 14:09

  Keeping NBN Co under Government ownership will keep the company accountable to the public, according to the Australian Greens communications spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam.

• UPDATED: Government introduces NBN legislation amendments

  By Spandas Lui | 21 March, 2011 12:43

  New amendments to legislation concerning the National Broadband Network (NBN) are being drafted by the Federal Government, according to Greens communications spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam.

• Greens win NBN transparency compromise from Government

  By David Ramli | 24 February, 2011 10:41

  The Australian Greens have successfully negotiated more NBN Co transparency from the Government, which had planned to exempt it from Freedom of Information requests.

• Government blows away wireless threat to NBN

  By AAP | 16 February, 2011 12:17

  The federal government has dismissed suggestions wireless technology is a threat to the national broadband network (NBN)as Telstra plans to boost mobile internet speeds.

• Prime Minister defends reducing NBN Co transparency

  By David Ramli | 18 January, 2011 11:38

  The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has defended her Government’s decision to give NBN Co an exemption from Freedom of Information (FoI) requests despite its status as a taxpayer-funded company.

• PM vows to put fine tooth comb through NBN

  By AAP | 18 November, 2010 10:58

  The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has promised to put a fine tooth comb through the business case for the $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) before it is publicly released.

• Demands for Conroy to release NBN plan

  By AAP | 16 November, 2010 09:26

  The Federal Government is under renewed pressure to provide tougher scrutiny of its National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Data retention policy treats all Australians as potential criminals

  By Spandas Lui | 29 October, 2010 17:46

  Greens Senator, Scott Ludlam, probes privacy implications of treating all Australians as “suspects in unknown or unprosecuted offences”

• Ludlam: Google email-reading algorithms “creepy”

  By Spandas Lui | 29 October, 2010 11:12

  Greens Senator, Scott Ludlam, has raised concerns over Google’s practice of scanning personal emails to generate targeted advertisements online and described the process as “creepy”.

• Conroy to receive secret filter forum report

  By Renai LeMay | 05 October, 2010 08:51

  The Greens have dug up a handful of further details about Labor’s controversial mandatory filter project through the questions on notice procedure, including the fact that Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, will shortly receive a report on a confidential online forum held by his department on the topic in April this year.

• Ludlam warns Turnbull: Don’t be a “NBN wrecker”

  By Renai LeMay | 15 September, 2010 12:54

  Greens Communications spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam, has welcomed Malcolm Turnbull’s appointment as Shadow Communications Minister but warned the Liberal heavyweight against “wrecking” Labor’s National Broadband Network project.

• Conroy slams coalition broadband plan as a ‘failure of imagination’

  By David Ramli | 10 August, 2010 21:03

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has labelled the Coalition's plan as a 'failure of imagination' and slammed its proposed technology as second-rate as the Australian Greens maintain its support for the NBN.

• yARN: Why the Coalition’s filter move is a win for Conroy

  By David Ramli | 06 August, 2010 17:10

  When Shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey, told Triple J and ARN that his party would fight the filter, it signalled the death knell for the highly controversial issue. But rather than put a feather in the cap of the Coalition, it’s set to give the Labor party a solid boost come election day.

• Hockey: The Coalition will not vote for a mandatory ISP filter

  By David Ramli | 05 August, 2010 20:23

  Opposition Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has said the Coalition would vote against a mandatory ISP filter if it lost to the Government. The move makes it highly unlikely for the Government to implement the measure.

• Government stifles debate on web browser history retention

  By David Ramli | 23 July, 2010 13:44

  The Government has purposefully stifled debate on its controversial plan to record the web browsing history of every Australian Internet user by greatly censoring its consultation paper.