The Hon Michelle Rowland MP

One year on from the nationwide Optus outage, the Albanese Government has made considerable progress in improving telecommunications network resilience, complaints handling and customer communications during network outages.

The Albanese Government will legislate 16 as the minimum age for access to social media, following endorsement by National Cabinet today.
 

Question: Federal Member for Banks, David Coleman:

Question - Federal Member for Holt, Cassandra Fernando MP:

How is the Albanese Labor Government helping parents keep their kids safe online?

The Albanese Government has announced $8 million in funding to deliver better mobile coverage along highways and major roads for people who live, work and holiday in regional Victoria.
 

Question - Federal Member for Parramatta, Andrew Charlton: 

Good morning, everyone. 

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and to all First Nations people joining us here today. 

The Albanese Government is lifting the nation’s digital capacity with more than nine million homes and businesses able to access the fastest broadband speeds on the National Broadband Network (NBN).
 

The Albanese Government welcomes the final report of the independent statutory review of the Online Safety Act 2021 (the Act).
 

Locals and visitors to Torquay will be safer, better connected and informed thanks to mobile connectivity and resilience upgrades through the Albanese Government’s Peri-Urban Mobile Program (PUMP).…

Primary schools across the country can now access a free media and digital literacy program funded by the Albanese Government.  
 

Hi, I'm Michelle Rowland, Australia's Communications Minister. 

Thank you for inviting me to share some remarks about the work of the Australian Government in the area of internet governance.

The Albanese Government is continuing to strengthen the resilience of mobile network communications in regional, remote and peri-urban Australia to keep communities safer and better connected during, and after, natural disasters.