Catherine King

Catherine King

CATHERINE KING MP
Federal Member Ballarat
Shadow Minister Infrastructure, Transport & Regional Development

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Wednesday, 30 October 2013 / Published in MEDIA

COALITION EXTENDS THEIR DIGITAL DIVIDE IN BALLARAT

p style=”text-align: justify”>The Abbott Government has terminated the National Broadband Network’s fibre rollout across parts of Ballarat, leaving local residents and businesses having to rely on last century’s copper for their broadband.

Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King said Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull are denying local residents and businesses access to the boundless educational, health, lifestyle and commercial opportunities that fibre to the home delivers.

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The Abbott Government has terminated the National Broadband Network’s fibre rollout across parts of Ballarat, leaving local residents and businesses having to rely on last century’s copper for their broadband.
 

Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King said Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull are denying local residents and businesses access to the boundless educational, health, lifestyle and commercial opportunities that fibre to the home delivers.
 

“Overnight Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull have pulled the plug on 2,400 premises in Golden Point, Mount Pleasant and Bakery Hill from receiving fibre-to-the-home broadband services,” Ms King said.
 

“This further extends the Coalition’s digital-divide in our community.”
 

Ms King said these residents will be left with second-rate technology as a result.
 

“Residents and businesses in these areas will be left with one of two choices: battle on using out-dated copper, or fork out up to $5,000 to have fibre connected to their home or business,” Ms King said.
 

“At a time when the Government should be ramping up the rollout of the NBN, they are taking it away.
“This Government is barely six weeks old, but they are already showing contempt for our region.”
 

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