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The Senate has called on the government to back the use of strong encryption technologies and resist attempts to weaken them.

Industry representatives affected by the Abbott Government’s push on security and data retention in last night’s Federal Budget have spoken out against the plans.

Scott Ludlam is the voice of the Australian Greens on ICT issues and has earned a reputation for not holding back when it comes to protecting civil liberties in the digital age.

The Greens will seek to block the federal government’s proposed Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, communications spokesperson, Scott Ludlum has told the Senate.

A joint parliamentary committee into the National Broadband Network (NBN) will no longer be dominated by Labor politicians and will begin sooner than planned, Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, has said.