House debates Questions without Notice

Mobile Black Spot Program

Thursday, 29 October 2020 House of Representatives

Paul Fletcher

Paul Fletcher Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts

3:13 pm

in regional and remote Australia safe from bushfires in terms of supporting public funding to additional mobile base stations. From this side of the House there has been $380 million over 879 base stations funded under this program. The other side of the House spent zero. They delivered zero. They committed zero. I'll tell you what: 000 has been a longstanding well-known number in Australian telecommunications—it took this side to turn it into a policy in relation to mobile coverage in the bush.

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