Tag: Scott Ludlam

Encryption gets a Senate nod

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A motion calling on government to support strong encryption and resist any attempts to undermine this process has been passed by the Senate. Moved by the Greens and supported...

Govt misses own games deadline

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government failed to meet its own year-end deadline for tabling a response to a senate report on the local games development sector, even as the ‘zombie inquiry’ approaches...

Zombie games report response

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will finally deliver its response to the “zombie” report on the Australian games development industry by the end of the year, more than 20 months after...

Zombie report gets a resurrection

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
A recommendation from a long buried Senate report to reinstate a Federal funding program for the local video games industry got a thumbs up from another parliamentary report this...

Crypto-politics: A sleeper awakes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s assertion that technology companies should help security services circumvent encryption measures has drawn a sharp response from Greens senator Scott Ludlam. Senator Ludlam has long...

Game developer inquiry ignored

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Support for Australia’s struggling video game industry went missing in the Federal budget and now Green’s Senator Scott Ludlam is on the hunt for the Turnbull government’s response to...

Time to stop demonising Greens

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
The election is upon us and both major parties have been demonising The Greens. The level of vitriol directed towards them is most likely counter-productive – it is simply...

Talent retention key to game sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A once burgeoning sector, the video games development industry has suffered harsh decline in recent years with international competitors poaching talent, while Abbot’s Government closed the $20 million Australian...