Up to 30,000 families with no internet at home will be supported with access to free broadband for a year under Labor\u2019s plan for a better NBN.
\n\u201cDuring COVID-19 it became clear that students needed high-speed broadband to participate in classes from home,\u201d said Labor Leader, Anthony Albanese, today.
\n\u201cThis experience regrettably revealed some school children did not have access to any home internet, and this compounded an already very difficult school year.\u201d
\nTo enable implementation, NBNCo will provide a wholesale rebate to a designated retail provider to supply the service.
\nEligible families would be identified by schools, state education departments and local community organisations, and eligibility validated by NBNCo.
\n\u201cThis will help extend unconnected children the opportunity to benefit from the internet and not be disadvantaged,\u201d said Mr Albanese.
\nAt a time when broadband has become a critical link between students and society, action is needed to ensure no child is left behind.
\nEnsuring every school child has broadband at home is a complex challenge that cannot be solved overnight.
\nHowever, through compassion, targeted incentives and a clear sense of purpose, we can make practical progress to bridge the digital divide.
\nLabor\u2019s plan for a better NBN will secure more Australian families and businesses quality, high speed internet by expanding full-fibre NBN access to 1.5 million premises.
\nA Labor Government will ensure, 90 per cent of Australians in the fixed line footprint – over 10 million premises – will have access to world-class gigabit speeds by 2025.
\nLabor will also keep the NBN in public hands, keeping internet costs for families affordable while ensuring improvements to the network.
\nReliable, quality, high speed internet is not a luxury or a nice-to-have.
\nIt is essential 21st century infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Up to 30,000 families with no internet at home will be supported with access to free broadband for a year under Labor\u2019s plan for a better NBN. \u201cDuring COVID-19 it became clear that students needed high-speed broadband to participate in classes from home,\u201d said Labor Leader, Anthony Albanese, today. \u201cThis experience regrettably revealed some school … Continue reading “Labor\u2019s Plan to Boost Education Opportunities for 30,000 Families With No Internet at Home”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}