[dbaust] Fw: VIC, TAS, QLD and WA Regional Telecommunications Review
- From: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 22:56:22 -0800 (PST)
Fw: VIC, TAS, QLD and WA Regional Telecommunications Review
From: Janene Collins [mailto:janene.collins@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, 7 November 2011 5:00 PM
Subject: VIC, TAS, QLD and WA Regional Telecommunications Review
Dear ACCAN members,
Please see below an email message regarding the Regional Telecommunications
Review. Please distribute this message through your networks to ensure a strong
consumer voice in this process.
If you have any questions about ACCAN's work on this review, please contact
liz.snell@xxxxxxxxxxxx and if you have quesries about the operation of the
review please contact secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Regards,
Janene COllins
Members Services
Australian Communications
Consumer Action Network
The 2011-12 Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee is coming
to Mildura and Berri in Vic this week then Launceston and Burnie in Tas and
Gladstone, Townsville and Mt Isa in Qld next week. We hope you are able to join
us and inform the committee of your experience if you live in these areas.
The committee is reviewing telecommunications services in regional, rural and
remote parts of Australia and will report its findings to the Australian
Government in March 2012.
2011-12 Regional Telecommunications Review – Public Meeting
Mildura (Vic)
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Quality Hotel Mildura Grand, Seventh St
11.00 am to 1.00 pm
Berri (Vic)
Friday, 11 November 2011
Berri Town Hall, 19 Wilson St
10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Launceston (Tas)
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Hotel Grand Chancellor, 29 Cameron St
12.30 pm to 2.30 pm
Burnie (Tas)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Bayside Burnie, 139 Wilson St
9.00 am to 11.00 pm
Gladstone (Qld)
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Rydges Gladstone, 100 Goondoon st
11.00 am to 1.00 pm
Townsville (Qld)
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Plaza Hotel, Cnr Stanley & Flinders St
11.00 am to 1.00 pm
Mt Isa (Qld)
Friday, 18 November 2011
Buffs Club, Cnr Grace & Simpson St
9.00 am to 11.00 pm
Kalgoorlie (WA)
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
TBA
TBA
*Note: Committee members will consult with Qld and Tas residents in the same
week.
The consultation schedule can also be found on the committee’s website
www.rtirc.gov.au.
The committee is inviting submissions
Information on how to make a submission is here. The committee is keen to
learn from the experiences of consumers, businesses, agencies and organisations
and is interested in:
opportunities that the National Broadband Network creates for the digital
economy
tele-health and education
communications needs of Indigenous Australians—particularly those that live in
rural and remote communities
developments in the terrestrial and satellite mobile phone sector
consumer concerns of people and businesses in regional, rural and remote
Australia.
We hope to inform all interested businesses, groups and individuals of this
regional review and we would be grateful for your assistance in forwarding this
information to your contacts.
For updates on public consultations, individuals or organisations can register
their interest with the committee secretariat by emailing
secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxx with ‘stakeholder’ in the subject line.
You are welcome to contact the committee secretariat by email at
secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxx or on 1800 064 851 (freecall on a landline service).
Kind regards,
Amanda Swanborough
2011-12 Regional Telecommunications Review Secretariat
Phone 1800 064 851 (free call from a landline phone)
secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.rtirc.gov.au
RTIRC Secretariat
GPO Box 2154 CANBERRA ACT 2601
Suite 402, Level 4, 55 Mountain St
Ultimo, NSW 2007
Australia
Tel: (02) 9288 4000
Fax: (02) 9288 4019
www.accan.org.au
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