Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects) Share this | Hansard source

over the next six months which can be ordered. Already it is possible in Cape Burney, Moonyoonooka, Moora town and Moresby Range—and soon it will be possible in Nungarin, Ballidu and a whole range of other locations—to order a fixed wireless service to meet the communications needs of the electorate and the constituents of Durack.

The satellite service will be available from mid-2016, so people in the remote areas of that 1.6 million square kilometres will have 25 megabits per second down, five megabits per second up. This is an extraordinarily high-quality service, and that will be available by mid-2016. In the city of Geraldton, some 16,500 premises are now able to receive a service.

Let me turn to the Mobile Black Spot Program. Under the Mobile Black Spot Program, the member for Durack succeeded in securing—

Mr Mitchell interjecting—

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