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Monday, 21 June 1999
Page: 5760


Senator ALLISON (5:18 PM) —Picking up on the minister's remarks from a moment ago about the Internet: to what degree will the network of rural transaction centres meet the needs of people in remote areas? I do not know how many of these centres there are going to be in this $70 million initiative, but will they be outside regional centres? It seems to me that this does not offer a great deal to those remote families who depend on longer calls. I will just mention an example of one of their needs, that is, for children to talk with distance education teachers. People in remote areas need better access—and many of them do not have access at all—to Internet services because of their isolation.