Sharman Stone (Murray, Liberal Party, Minister for Workforce Participation) Share this | Hansard source

The government is focused on supporting the roll-out of affordable broadband services as the major element of the $1.1 billion Connect Australia package. These measures include $878 million for Broadband Connect, to provide Australians in regional, rural and remote areas with affordable broadband services; $113 million for Clever Networks, to fund broadband networks to improve health, education and other essential services—and I am most pleased about that—and $90 million for Backing Indigenous Ability, which will amongst other things improve internet services for remote Indigenous communities.

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