Telecommunications

The NFF believes that all rural and regional Australians are entitled to equal access to reliable and affordable telecommunications – and we maintain a constant ‘watching brief’ to ensure that the Australian Government adequately meets the needs of people in country areas.

Telecommunications services, be it phone, mobile or internet, are of vital importance for farmers and rural businesses, and agriculture is a very technologically-savvy industry, yet the use of modern IT in rural Australia has lagged behind due to inadequacies in service and infrastructure.

The NFF is committed to ensuring that farming families, rural businesses and country communities have equal accessibility, reliability, quality and affordability in telecommunications.

To view the NFF’s Connectivity and Digital Agriculture Policy, click here.