The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC) conducting the Regional Telecommunications Review (RTR). The NFF’s submission highlights stories from three farmers, Daniel Keam, Wendy Hick and John Shaw, to illustrate the complex and compounding connectivity challenges facing Australian farmers and their families living in regional, rural and remote areas. The NFF recommends that RTIRC consider our priorities to deliver improved connectivity outcomes for Australian farmers and regional, rural and remote communities.
Read the full submission here.
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