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| Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | |
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| Formed | 1999 |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Agency Executives | Ms Patricia Scott, Secretary Ms Fay Holthuyzen, Deputy Secretary, Communications Mr Abul Rizvi, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting, ICT, Regional Strategy and Corporate Mr Mark Tucker, Deputy Secretary, Arts, Sport and Indigenous |
| Child Agency | National Library of Australia |
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| http://www.dbcde.gov.au | |
The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) is an Australian government department. The department's policy areas include:
- Broadband policy and programs
- Postal and telecommunications policies and programs
- Spectrum policy management
- Broadcasting policy
- National policy issues relating to the digital economy
- Content policy relating to the information economy
The responsibilities of this department were formerly a part of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA). DCITA was dissolved in December 2007 with the election of the Rudd Government. Responsibility for the arts was transferred to the new Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the responsibility for sports was transferred to the Department of Health and Ageing.
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HiBIS
The Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme (HiBIS) was a strategy to provide registered Internet service providers with incentive payments to supply higher bandwidth services in regional, rural and remote areas at prices comparable to those available in metropolitan areas.
Australia connected
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In June 2007, a landmark funding and legislative initiative was announced by the Department, stating that 99% of the Australian population will have fast, affordable broadband by June 2009. Australia Connected will be a new national high speed wholesale network, independent of current service providers, aiming to deliver 12Mb speeds using ADSL2, fibre, and wireless connections.
See also
- Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy
- Australia Council
- List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
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