Labor unveils $20m plan to use Australia Post trucks to find rural mobile coverage blackspots
by Josh Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#5XV8V)
Data from trucks to inform locations selected for upgraded regional telecommunications across roads, homesteads and national parks
Australia Post trucks would be used to find mobile signal blackspots under Labor's plan to conduct a $20m independent audit of mobile coverage if it wins the federal election.
Speaking at a National Farmers' Federation conference on Tuesday, the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, unveiled the party's regional telecommunications policy, including fitting mobile signal measurement devices on Australia Post trucks.
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