Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Minister for Rural Health) Share this | Hansard source

On top of investing significantly in road and rail infrastructure, the coalition understands how vital high-quality communication infrastructure is to delivering connectivity, jobs and growth to regional Australia. That is why, under this government, the NBN rollout is finally on track. Today, close to two million homes and businesses can access the NBN, and there are more than 900,000 active users. That is why the coalition has invested $100 million in round 1 of the Mobile Black Spot Program, which is seeing 499 new or improved base stations being rolled out across the nation.

Again, I point out that those opposite in the Labor Party did not put one cent into mobile phone black spots—not one cent! We have committed $60 million to the second round of this program. We are committed to making sure that we extend mobile phone coverage as far as we possibly can in partnership with telcos and other governments.