Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Heffernan asked me how the government is helping to drive the take-up of broadband, and I also have some very good news on that front. I can inform the Senate that there are now 36 providers offering affordable broadband connections in regional Australia under the government’s new $878 million Broadband Connect program. It is a great outcome for telecommunications competition in regional Australia—