Labor promises full-fibre NBN access to 1.5m homes and businesses by 2025

Tuesday's budget will include provisions for faster internet to mainly regional areas across Australia at a cost of $2.4bn

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Labor is announcing movement on its promise to improve the national broadband network, with money in Tuesday's budget to expand full-fibre access to 1.5m homes and businesses, mainly in outer city and regional areas.

Labor had been highly critical of the Coalition government's decision to change the NBN from the planned fibre-to-the-premises model to a multi-technology mix model that used the existing and ageing copper network.