Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton says he has spoken with the Minister for Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull about broadband in his electorate.
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Wellington Council has submitted letters to the member for Parkes asking for action in relation to opportunities for the LGA.
Mr Coulton said that communications and access to services such as fast and reliable broadband were very important issues for the Parkes Electorate.
“I discussed telecommunications issues from the electorate with the minister. I am confident that he has an understanding of the needs of my electorate,” Mr Coulton said.
“In terms of broadband rollout, I want to see a service delivered to the regions that will make internet access reliable, it needs to be affordable, and because it is an investment of taxpayer money it needs to be delivered in a responsible way.”
Mr Coulton said that circumstances of each town would be considered, and that the rollout of a fixed line service would be done in the way that was most suited for that situation.
“The minister has made it clear, and I completely agree with him, that there is no point having an ideological war on the way in which broadband access is delivered,” he said.
“We will deliver access to an internet service with speeds of at least 25 megabits per second by 2016.”
