The Hon Michelle Rowland MP

Acknowledgement of country

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we meet: the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples.

Mr Sam Lim, Member for Tangney: My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government working for Australia to help families meet cost-of-living pressures and access broadband services?

The Albanese Government is extending its new program providing free home broadband to school kids without internet at home to the end of 2025, delivering $4.3 million to NBN Co to further support educational outcomes and households struggling…

Dr Andrew Charlton MP, Member for Parramatta (15:02): My question is to the Minister for Communications. The Optus network outage last week affected millions of Australians and businesses.

Adelaide’s upgraded free Wi-Fi network is now available to the public, following a $4.8 million overhaul to improve the speed, coverage and reliability of the network.

The Albanese Government will undertake a post-incident telecommunications review into the Optus outage that affected millions of Australians yesterday.