As the Federal Election draws near, the future of Australian politics is gaining a strong tinge of Green. Recent Newspoll results have reported the Green’s primary vote jumping to 16 per cent.

Shadow communications minister, Tony Smith, has reaffirmed the opposition’s plans to vote against the separation of Telstra through legislative reform.

The Greens party has taken a swipe at the Internet filtering consultation paper and criticised the Government’s restrictions on public contribution to the proposed legislation.

Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Tony Smith, is vehement in his views about ICT policy. ARN spoke to him about why he won’t oppose mandatory filtering outright and why the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be scrapped if he comes to power.