Regional Backbone Blackspots Program: Submissions

The Australian Government sought stakeholders' views on approaches to address regional backbone blackspots through the Regional Backbone Blackspots Program stakeholder consultation paper.

Submissions in response to the consultation paper closed on Tuesday 12 May 2009.

The Department reserved the right not to publish any submission, or part of a submission, which in the view of the Department contained potentially defamatory material, or where it considered it appropriate to do so for confidentiality or other reasons.

Submissions received included:

• AAPT (PDF, 73.1 KB)
• AARNet (PDF, 89.8 KB)
• Abigroup (PDF, 823.9 KB)
• Adelaide Hills Regional Development Board (PDF, 119.7 KB)
• Alcatel-Lucent (PDF, 125.2 KB)
• Alex Grime (PDF, 23.4 KB)
• Austar (PDF, 35.3 KB)
• Axia (PDF, 140.0 KB)
• Basslink (PDF, 377.6 KB)
• Central Highlands Development Corporation (PDF, 492.2 KB)
• Central Local Gov (SA) (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• CitiPower and Powercor (PDF, 286.3 KB)
• City of Bunbury (PDF, 22.6 KB)
• Cooeenet@QLD (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Corning Cable (PDF, 673.7 KB)
• CSIRO (PDF, 67.4 KB)
• Department of Commerce (WA) (PDF, 698.0 KB)
• Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (SA) (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (Victoria) (PDF, 34.4 KB)
• Department of Lands (NSW) (PDF, 569.0 KB)
• Digital Distribution Australia (PDF, 193.8 KB)
• education.au (PDF, 75.3 KB)
• ElectraNet (PDF, 542.5 KB)
• Ergon Energy and Queensland Rail (PDF, 132.2 KB)
• Fleurieu Regional Development (PDF, 36.0 KB)
• Gold Coast City Council (PDF, 133.8 KB)
• HaleNET (PDF, 20.3 KB)
• Huawei (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• iiNet (PDF, 147.5 KB)
• Inverell Shire Council (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Macquarie Telecom (PDF, 87.2 KB)
• Marais-Lucas Technology (PDF, 926.1 KB)
• Mathew Singleton (PDF, 22.6 KB)
• Mid North Regional Development Board (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• NextGen (PDF, 96.6 KB)
• Nortel (PDF, 858.8 KB)
• NSW Regional Communities Consultative Council (PDF, 160.4 KB)
• Ochre Services (PDF, 181.1 KB)
• Open Networks (PDF, 41.5 KB)
• Platinum Connect (PDF, 34.6 KB)
• Powerlink (PDF, 542.1 KB)
• Primus (PDF, 35.7 KB)
• RAPAD (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• Regional Development Australia - outback (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• Royal Bank of Scotland (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• Saft Batteries (PDF, 50.6 KB)
• Somerset Regional Council (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• SOUL (PDF, 129.5 KB)
• South West Development Commission (PDF, 277.3 KB)
• Sunshine Coast Regional Council (PDF, 932.5 KB)
• Telstra (PDF, 189.4 KB)
• The Hon Bruce Scott MP (PDF, 72.4 KB)
• Towong Shire Council (PDF, 2.9 MB)
• TransACT (PDF, 361.1 KB)
• TransGrid (PDF, 100.6 KB)
• USQ&USC (PDF, 47.9 KB)
• VicUrban (PDF, 36.0 KB)
• Vodafone (PDF, 45.6 KB)
• WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PDF, 43.9 KB)
• WH Gunaratne (PDF, 9.5 KB)
• YLESS4U (PDF, 111.3 KB)

If you would like any further information regarding this program, please email or telephone:

Regional Backbone Blackspots Branch
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
GPO Box 2154
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6271 1382
Email: regionalbackboneblackspots@dbcde.gov.au