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 supported government legislation that significantly expands the current system of website-blocking injunctions targeting overseas-based online services that facilitate piracy.
Australian Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressing concerns about the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) and its potential changes to intellectual property laws.
The Australian Greens have called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to block TPG's move to acquire iiNet.
The Australian Greens will look to achieve a balance of power in the Senate when they head to the Federal election this year, putting them in reach of blocking legislation against the Federal Government's proposed mandatory ISP-level Internet filter scheme.