DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY —
REMOTE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
428. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Innovation and ICT:
I refer the minister to the Household
use of information technology report produced by the Australian Bureau of
Statistics. I note that the survey excludes households in the Indigenous
community strata.
(1) Does the
state government collect data on internet connectivity in remote Indigenous
communities?
(2) If no to (1),
why not?
(3) If yes to
(1), can the minister please table the available data?
Hon KYLE
McGINN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Innovation and ICT.
(1) No.
(2) Internet
connectivity is delivered by the telecommunications sector and as such falls
under the regulation of the commonwealth government.
(3) Not
applicable.