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Funding, programs and support

Find information on the support provided by the Australian Government for consumers of communications and information and technology services.

  • Australian Broadband Guarantee - for Consumers

    Information to assist consumers in understanding the Australian Broadband Guarantee and the basics of broadband. It provides general information on how to register and receive an Australian Broadband Guarantee subsidised service.

  • Backing Indigenous Ability Telecommunications Program

    Backing Indigenous Ability is a $90 million initiative to help to improve telecommunications services in remote Indigenous communities.

  • Community Connectivity

    Strategies supporting individuals and communities to achieve wider uptake and effective use of information technology.

  • The Future of the Internet Project

    The Future of the Internet is a research project that commenced in early 2007 and involves analysis of the long-term public policy aspects of the future of the Internet. The OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea in June 2008 in recognition of the increasingly critical role of the Internet to our economies and society.

  • Mobile Connect

    Mobile Connect is an Australian Government program with two elements: the Terrestrial network extension and the Satellite Phone Subsidy Scheme.

  • The Satellite Phone Subsidy Scheme

    Information on the Australian Government initiative to make mobile communications more accessible and affordable for people living or working in the most remote parts of Australia.

  • Scams target you - protect yourself

    Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce’s annual awareness raising activities and link to online survey.

  • Telecommunications Consumer Representation Stakeholder Forum

    The Telecommunications Consumer Representation Stakeholder Forum will identify ways to make consumer representation in telecommunications policy more effective.

  • Telecommunications consumer representation grants

    This page sets out information on the 2008-09 round for consumer representation grants provided for under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act.

  • Telecommunications research grants

    The Telecommunications Research Grants program supports high-quality, innovative research projects into the social, economic or technological implications of telecommunications developments.

  • IT Training and Technical Support Program

    Regional Communications Funding Programs

  • Cyber-safety plan

    The Australian Government announced a comprehensive plan for cyber-safety as part of the 2008-2009 Federal Budget.

  • Previous funding, programs and support

    Information on the 2002 National Communications Fund and the projects it supported.

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  • Last modified: 4 February 2008, 9:35am