Community Location:
South West Highway between Manjimup and Bridgetown
Description of community needs:
The area has significant coverage issues, black spots, dropouts and unreliable data that affect business operations and people traveling the highway. This area is bushfire prone and experiences extreme weather events and major road crashes.
The closure of the 3G network has worsened the coverage in this area. Residents and first responders have raised concerns that emergency communication via the mobile network could be compromised.
Co-contributions:
• Willing to discuss potential co-contributions (financial and/or in-kind) with program applicants
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
West Wyalong township, West Wyalong-Weethalle, Ungarie, Weethalle, Forbes, Grenfell
Description of community needs:
The Riverina electorate is susceptible to natural disasters, notably floods, fires and severe storms. A regional area, the Riverina is dependent on telecommunications for accessing support services.
Telecommunications play a vital role in managing and mitigating the impacts of natural disasters in the region. Its effectiveness influences emergency response, recovery efforts and community resilience.
Community feedback has identified locations in need of improved coverage to ensure reliable and efficient responses during natural disasters, foster quicker recovery efforts and enable a better prepared and more resilient community.
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Galong-Binalong
Description of community needs:
The Riverina electorate is susceptible to natural disasters, notably floods, fires and severe storms. A regional area, the Riverina is dependent on telecommunications for accessing support services.
Telecommunications play a vital role in managing and mitigating the impacts of natural disasters in the region. Its effectiveness influences emergency response, recovery efforts and community resilience.
Community feedback has identified locations in need of improved coverage to ensure reliable and efficient responses during natural disasters, foster quicker recovery efforts and enable a better prepared and more resilient community.
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Tarcutta, Mount Adrah, Ladysmith-Tarcutta
Description of community needs:
The Riverina electorate is susceptible to natural disasters, notably floods, fires and severe storms. A regional area, the Riverina is dependent on telecommunications for accessing support services.
Telecommunications play a vital role in managing and mitigating the impacts of natural disasters in the region. Its effectiveness influences emergency response, recovery efforts and community resilience.
Community feedback has identified locations in need of improved coverage to ensure reliable and efficient responses during natural disasters, foster quicker recovery efforts and enable a better prepared and more resilient community.
State or Territory:
WA
Community Location:
Wooroloo, Chidlow and The Lakes
Description of community needs:
Opportunities exist within the Shire of Mundaring for improvements to mobile reception and coverage.
There are significant challenges to mobile coverage in the Perth Hills, including Wooroloo, Chidlow and The Lakes.
Addressing these black spots will assist residents and also act to address hazards in emergency bushfire situations.
Co-contributions:
• Willing to discuss potential co-contributions (financial and/or in-kind) with program applicants
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Lockhart township, Milbrulong, Pleasant Hills, Mimosa
Description of community needs:
The Riverina electorate is susceptible to natural disasters, notably floods, fires and severe storms. A regional area, the Riverina is dependent on telecommunications for accessing support services.
Telecommunications play a vital role in managing and mitigating the impacts of natural disasters in the region. Its effectiveness influences emergency response, recovery efforts and community resilience.
Community feedback has identified locations in need of improved coverage to ensure reliable and efficient responses during natural disasters, foster quicker recovery efforts and enable a better prepared and more resilient community.
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Snowy Mountains Highway, Ellerslie
Description of community needs:
Installation of a tower and telecommunication facilities at Ellerslie, Snowy Mountains Highway. This location currently has no phone coverage.
This area is prone to lightning strikes and was the starting point for the Black Summer Bushfires which burnt over 40% of the softwood industry in the Snowy Valleys LGA.
With over 300,000 hectares burnt of production and forest land. The impacts from the fire in the region are still being felt.
This is also a major haulage route into and out of the region for B-Doubles carting livestock, produce and forestry product.
Co-contributions:
• Willing to discuss potential co-contributions (financial and/or in-kind) with program applicants
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Pooncarie
Description of community needs:
Residents in the small town of Pooncarie north-east of Wentworth Shire are having mobile coverage issues that are impacting local business, residents’ safety, and communication to external services.
The local ambulance officer in Pooncarie has notified Wentworth Shire Council and said that she has had issues with the mobile phone service not connecting residents to her phone during emergencies.
The ambulance officer explained that calls were not coming through to her phone and impeding the Ambulance service’s operation in a time of emergency.
Co-contributions:
• Willing to discuss potential co-contributions (financial and/or in-kind) with program applicants
State or Territory:
SA
Community Location:
Lucky Bay, Cowell
Description of community needs:
Lucky Bay is a coastal South Australian town that faces significant issues regarding mobile coverage. Lucky Bay sees significant numbers of tourists and fisher people throughout the year, being just a short ferry away from Adelaide. The town is also the home of a T-port grain storage silo, seeing significant use and uplifting the industry.
The lack of coverage deeply affects the residents, especially as a large majority of the residents are older. The office was told of a situation where a resident had a medical emergency and his receiving help was greatly delayed by the coverage in the area.
Issues would be similar in the situation of a fire.
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Wantabadgery farming community
Description of community needs:
The farming community north of Wantabadgery remains emotionally affected by a lack of mobile service from a social and business perspective.
The erection of a new mobile communication tower within the village of Wantabadgery has not had the improvement promised and mobile reception for the adjoining rural community remains unchanged and inadequate.
The area is subjected to rolling hills on the eastern side Wantabadgery Road in the localities of Wantabadgery and Eurongilly, and the western side of Wantabadgery Road in the localities of Wantabadgery, Claris and Jeralgameth.
Co-contributions:
• Willing to discuss potential co-contributions (financial and/or in-kind) with program applicants
