National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024

The majority voted against amendments introduced by Kennedy MP's Bob Katter (Katter's Australian Party), which means they failed and will not be included in the bill. These amendments would have introduced a universal service obligation.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 7), after paragraph 3(1)(b), insert:

; (c) to ensure that NBN Co has a universal service obligation to provide the national broadband network in a way that is reasonably accessible to all people in Australia on an equitable basis, wherever they reside or carry on business.

(2) Schedule 1, item 12, page 4 (after line 22), after the paragraph beginning "Under provisions" in section 43, insert:

NBN Co has a universal service obligation to provide the national broadband network in a way that is reasonably accessible and equitable to all people in Australia.

(3) Schedule 1, item 13, page 5 (line 7), at the end of section 43A, add:

; and (c) NBN Co has a universal service obligation to provide the national broadband network in a way that is reasonably accessible to all people in Australia on an equitable basis, wherever they reside or carry on business.