Reports of a security breach at ASIO need an inquiry, not more funding for an already bloated budget, the Greens said today.

Australian Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said claims hackers stole blueprints for the new ASIO headquarters should be dealt with in a rational manner.

"This building is already $200 million over budget. There have been a series of blowouts and now a fairly serious security breach. This requires an inquiry, not the kind of reflexive demands for more resourcing called for by the Opposition.

Question No. 2682
Senator Scott Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Prime Minister in the Senate on 29 January 2013:
(1) When will the Government release the Digital Economy White Paper, announced on 5 October 2012, to replace the Cyber White Paper which was due mid 2012.

The Coalition has let the extremist cat out of the bag, with Tony Abbott's Liberals pushing plans to privatise the ABC and SBS, the Greens warned today.

"When Parliament resumes the Greens will introduce a motion to test the Coalition's real intentions," Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said today.

Senator Ludlam said the Coalition had dropped its guard and revealed its extremism.

"The Coalition arrogantly assumes it will sail into office regardless of how extreme its policies are. The mask is slipping.

Fears that the Government's scaled-back internet filter would be subjected to scope-creep have been confirmed, with revelations on Delimiter that ASIC is responsible for blocking 1200 sites found to be perfectly legal, Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam. 

Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam welcomed Budget boosts for public broadcasters ABC and the SBS while condemning the Government's failure to support community radio.

"The Government is refusing to fund the Digital Radio Program (DRP) which means some community broadcasters face closure. It's a relatively tiny amount of money: $1.4 million to keep all our community broadcasters on the air.