{"id":1953,"date":"2019-03-18T23:40:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2019-03-18T23:40:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:40:38","slug":"australian-greens-announce-commitment-to-a-21st-century-nbn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/18\/australian-greens-announce-commitment-to-a-21st-century-nbn\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Greens announce commitment to a 21st Century NBN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Greens Digital RIghts spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has today announced the Australian Greens commitment to a 21st Century NBN, finished using best-choice technology, to ensure everyone has access to affordable, reliable and high quality internet services into the future.<br \/>\nSenator Steele-John said our\u00a0internet was slower and less affordable than comparable countries, with\u00a0Australia ranked 56th in the world for internet speed and 57th in world for affordability.<br \/>\n&#8220;The reality is that Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to having access to reliable, affordable and high quality internet services,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n&#8220;The Coalition&#8217;s Multi-technology mix has been a disaster that has left many people without reliable or affordable services, particularly in rural and regional areas.<br \/>\n&#8220;This is not what was promised, nor what Australia needs to ensure that our companies are able to remain globally competitive into the digital future.<br \/>\n&#8220;Our commitment is to keep the NBN infrastructure publicly owned and ensure that the rollout of the NBN is finished using best choice technology, not the multi-techology mongrel that the Coalition will leave us with.<br \/>\n&#8220;Our promise is to make quality telecommunications affordable for all Australians and ensure regional telecommunications are funded, fair and fit for purpose.<br \/>\n&#8220;Affordable, quality telecommunications are fundamental to the future of Australia\u2019s economy, jobs, education, essential services and way of life.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Key points &#8211; 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Century NBN:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>$1.3 billion to establish Federal Telecommunications Concession<\/li>\n<li>$250 million NBN migration program to close the digital divide<\/li>\n<li>Keep NBN infrastructure publicly owned<\/li>\n<li>Finish the NBN using best-choice technology<\/li>\n<li>Make quality telecommunications affordable for all Australians<\/li>\n<li>Ensure regional telecommunications are funded, fair and fit for purpose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Details of the policy can be found here:\u00a0<a class=\"toc-filter-processed\" href=\"https:\/\/greens.org.au\/platform\/public-ownership#telecomms\">https:\/\/greens.org.au\/platform\/public-ownership#telecomm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Greens Digital RIghts spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has today announced the Australian Greens commitment to a 21st Century NBN, finished using best-choice technology, to ensure everyone has access to affordable, reliable and high quality internet services into the future. Senator Steele-John said our\u00a0internet was slower and less affordable than comparable countries, with\u00a0Australia ranked 56th &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/18\/australian-greens-announce-commitment-to-a-21st-century-nbn\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Australian Greens announce commitment to a 21st Century NBN&#8221;<\/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-1953","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\/1953","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=1953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}