The Hon Michelle Rowland MP

The Albanese Government has appointed Dr Heron Loban and Mr Jerome Cubillo to the First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group, which was established in January 2023 to support efforts to narrow the digital divide for…

The Albanese Government’s new $30 million On Farm Connectivity Program (OFCP) is delivering significant productivity benefits for Australia’s primary producers, with more than $6.2 million in rebates committed and beginning to flow…

Following the resignation of Ms Fiona Jolly, Mr Tristan Sharp has now commenced as acting Director of the Classification Board effective 11 January 2024.

Communities on the fringes of major urban centres in bushfire prone areas are set to share in $20 million in Commonwealth investment to upgrade mobile coverage, with Round 2 of the Peri-Urban Mobile Program (PUMP) now open for applications.

The Government will implement all recommendations of Treasury’s review of the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code (the Code).

Reliable, fast broadband facilitates digital learning, social and economic participation.

In 2023, Australian children should have internet access at school and at home.

The Albanese Government is taking further action to protect Australians from SMS scams with a trial phase of the Sender ID Registry being rolled out today.

 

An additional 400,000 homes and businesses across Australia will be able to access full-fibre broadband upgrades as part of the Albanese Government’s plan to deliver a National Broadband Network, with the latest list of eligible suburbs and towns…

Consultation is now open on the News Media Assistance Program (News MAP) to promote a diverse and sustainable media sector, with the Albanese Government to deliver $10.5 million* to the ACMA Media Diversity Measurement Framework.

I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet - the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation - and pay my respects to Elders past and present.

Communities across the Limestone Coast will receive better mobile coverage as part of a project to build 27 new mobile sites through the Albanese Government’s Regional Connectivity Program.

More than one hundred communities and locations across rural and regional Australia will benefit from significant communications upgrades made possible by $170.2 million in Commonwealth investment through the Albanese Government’s Regional…

Today, the Government has published its response to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s September 2022 Digital Platform Services Inquiry interim report.

The Albanese Government will move to improve safeguards for Australian consumer and small businesses through new legislation introduced to Parliament today.

 

Australians will soon not be able to use credit cards, credit-related products and digital currency to gamble online, as a result of the Albanese Government’s new laws designed to minimise gambling harm which passed the Parliament last night.