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Welcome to the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee website.

The Committee presented its final report, Framework for the Future, to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, on 5 September 2008. The report was tabled in Parliament on 15 October 2008.

On 5 March 2009, the Minister announced the Australian Government's response to the Report.

• Statement of response (PDF, 122kB)
• Statement of response (RTF, 253kB)

The Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC) was established in August 2007. It operates under the terms provided by the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to review the adequacy of telecommunications services in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia, and to report to the Minister.