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Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Page: 2537


Senator Cormann asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 11 March 2010:

By state and territory: (a) how many grants; and (b) what funds, have been provided under the Digital Regions Initiative.


Senator Conroy (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) —The answer to the honourable senator’s question is as follows:

The Digital Regions Initiative comprises $46 million announced as part of the Australian Government’s initial response to the Regional Telecommunications Review and additional funding of $14 million as part of the Government’s Rural and Regional Broadband Network Initiative announced in the May 2009 Budget.

(a)   11 projects have been approved under the Initiative to date: 3 in New South Wales; 2 in South Australia; 1 in the Northern Territory; 1 in Tasmania; and 4 have multijurisdictional coverage.

(b)   No funds have been provided to date.