The Hon Michelle Rowland MP

Ms Coker, Member for Corangamite: My question is to the Minister for Communications. What is the Albanese Labor government doing in the communications portfolio to support Australians with cost-of-living pressures?

The Albanese Government has directed the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to make it mandatory for telcos to provide financial hardship assistance to all customers experiencing difficulties paying their bills, including…

The Albanese Government is another step closer to delivering on its election commitment to support access to local and free TV services in the streaming era, with the release of exposure draft regulations for its prominence framework today.

Australian consumers and small businesses are encouraged to have their say on the Albanese Government’s plan to modernise Australia Post, with draft regulations released for comment today. 

Eligible suppliers are being encouraged to apply for the next contract to deliver the National Relay Service (NRS).

Communities and commuters across regional and remote Australia are set to benefit from improved mobile coverage on roads and highways as a result of the Government’s new $50 million Regional Roads Australia Mobile Program (RRAMP).

The Albanese Government has appointed the Hon Alannah MacTiernan – former Western Australian Minister for Regional Development, Agriculture and Food – to lead the next Regional Telecommunications Review.

The Albanese Government will recommend to the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), that Mr Kimberley (Kim) Williams AM be appointed the next Chairperson of the Australian…

Today, Optus advised the Government that information it previously provided to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA), the Senate and the public about the number of unsuccessful Triple Zero calls from mobiles during its…

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).