Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, has branded the government’s controversial website blocking bill a "lazy and dangerous" piece of legislation that wouldn’t been happening if the Labor government “hadn’t gone completely missing".
Apple Australia pays all the taxes it owes under local laws, the tech giant’s local chief, Tony King, told the Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance in Sydney on Wednesday.
The Australian Greens have condemned the passing of data retention laws through federal parliament on Thursday afternoon.
The Australian Greens on Tuesday announced proposed amendments to the data retention regime to address major privacy and security protections that it claims are being stripped away by the Abbott/Shorten surveillance unity ticket.