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• Ludlam demands Telstra explain role in US spying

  A data sharing agreement between the FBI and Telstra marks a major invasion of Australians’ privacy, according to Senator Scott Ludlam.

• Federal government slammed for blocking websites

  The blocking of 1200 websites by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has set off calls for tighter controls on the federal government.

• Petition against data retention law runs into Senate wall

  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.

• Inquiry picks holes in government Cybercrime Bill

  A parliamentary inquiry has highlighted serious concerns with the government's Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, which is intended to allow Australia to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.

• Greens to pursue Government on NBN Co FoI exemption

  Two key bills to be reintroduced to Parliament this week could result in increased pressure on the Federal Government to explain a number of decisions it has made on its National Broadband Network (NBN) in the past several months.
  

• Updated: Telstra separation bill passes Parliament

  The Senate has voted in favour of legislation proposing the structural separation of Telstra, bringing to close a week of lengthy debate and an abnormal lengthening of sitting days for both houses of Australian Parliament.
  

• Senate data retention inquiry to be delayed

  Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, will propose a Senate inquiry’s report into data retention and online privacy be delayed when Parliament next sits.

• Coalition can't rely on Telstra shareholders: Ludlam

  Though plans to scrap the National Broadband Network (NBN) under a Coalition Government are thought to appease Telstra's 1.6 million shareholders, Australian Greens Senator, Scott Ludlam, said it was chasing after the wrong constituency.
  

• Politician Profiles: Senator Scott Ludlam

  Green senator, Scott Ludlam, has been one of the most vocal advocates for the Australian ICT industry in Federal Parliament, championing the National Broadband Network (NBN), and siding with movements against the mandatory Internet filter. <i>Computerworld Australia</i> talked to Senator Ludlam about his view on the role of technology and the need for more focus on the Australian games development industry.

• Money down the drain as tech bills blocked

  Up to $16.5 million of taxpayer's money could be wasted by the end of 2010 due to alleged "filibustering" by the Federal Opposition, Australian Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, has claimed.

• Greens table anti-ISP-filter in Senate

  The Australian Greens have issued a petition in the Senate sporting upwards of 19,000 Australian signatures opposing the Government’s proposed mandatory ISP-level filter.

• Senate committee decides: Scrap the NBN

  A Liberal-dominated Senate select committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has echoed existing calls from the Opposition to scrap the Federal Government's $43 billion project in its final report.
  

• Conroy unlikely to reveal secret filter forum results

  The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced the closure of an online forum used by the Australian Government and Internet service providers in discussing the implementation of the Government's proposed mandatory Internet filter.
  

• Ludlam: Filter opponents "stand-up now"

  Green Senator Scott Ludlam hit out at the Federal Government’s Internet content filtering plan, calling for opponents to "stand-up" in Senate yesterday.

• Government going about NBN backwards: Ludlam

  The NBN Implementation Study is another sign that the Federal Government has gone about building the National Broadband Network (NBN) in a backwards manner, according to Greens Senator, Scott Ludlam.