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Scott Ludlam 13 Sep 2016
Arts & Communications

I, and also on behalf of Senators Lambie and Xenophon, move: That the Senate— (a) notes:

   (i) the technical failures of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website on Census night, 9 August 2016, prevented thousands of people completing the Census,

   (ii) subsequent attempts to address the technical failures further added to confusion and impacted public confidence in the Census process,

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Scott speaks on the Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill 2015

Scott Ludlam 25 Jun 2015
Digital Rights & IT
Home Affairs, Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs

Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia-Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (19:06): I move the second reading amendment standing in my name:

At the end of the motion, add:

but further consideration of this bill be made an order of the day for the first sitting day after the Government has tabled the Privacy Impact Assessment conducted by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

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