Well this is a little off-colour: in the wake of attacks in Paris that saw the murder of 12 Charlie Hedbo staffers and four hostages, and a so-called ‘lone-wolf’ attack in Sydney that left two people dead a few weeks ago, Attorney General George Brandis is using terror as a…
At the recent PAX Aus gaming expo in Melbourne, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam made a last-minute appearance to talk data retention, and how to convince Labor senators that siding with government’s George Brandis on national security is not the right way to go.
While the Parliament tussles with the idea of how the metadata of citizens like you and I should be captured and stored for two years to bolster Team Australia, the Australian Greens are singing a different tune. In an interview yesterday, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said he finds the prospect…