Senate debates Questions on Notice
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 410)
Judith Adams WA, Liberal Party
asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 1 March 2011:
With reference to advice that the town of Bridgetown in the Great Southern Area of Western Australia does not currently receive Radio National coverage:
(1) What plans exist to provide transmission towers to extend Radio National coverage to Bridgetown.
(2) What is the timeline for that coverage provision.
Stephen Conroy Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:
(1) The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has advised that there are no current plans to extend ABC Radio National to Bridgetown.
(2) See answer to question 1.