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VIRTUALISATION Conroy offers $54m to fund regional and rural broadband projects
VIRTUALISATION Conroy offers $54m to fund regional and rural broadband projects | Conroy offers $54m to fund regional and rural broadband projects |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Thursday, 20 August 2009 | |
  
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The Digital Regions Initiative was announced as part of the Government's initial response to the Glasson Regional Telecommunications Review. Further funding was announced in the 2009-10 Budget. In its initial response to Glasson, released in March 2009 the government promised $46m for the Digital Regions Initiative to improve the delivery of education, health and emergency services in regional, rural and remote communities in partnership with state, territory and local governments. It said that projects would be selected through a competitive selection process and would be expected to offer sustainable solutions and longer term benefits for regional Australians. Examples given included remote medical consultation, diagnosis and treatment to address regional skills shortages; digital resources and services such as teleconferencing to improve access to educational opportunities for regional, rural and remote students; and digital technologies to improve emergency and disaster response. The Federal Budget increased the available funding from $46m to $60m over four years. However the draft guidelines revealed that $6.6m of this would be eaten up in the costs of running the programme. Expressions of interest are now open and will close on 14 September 2009. Details at http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications/digital_regions_initiative
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