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Appendix 4: National Broadband Strategy Implementation Group
This report recommends that the Australian Government adopt a National Broadband Strategy and that a National Broadband Strategy Implementation Group (NBSIG) be formed to oversee the implementation of the actions in the national strategy and to review and evaluate its progress.
The NBSIG (see Figure 1) is envisioned as an independent advisory group made up of the key players throughout the broadband value-chain from public and private sectors, to help drive forward the National Broadband Strategy and inform its future development. The NBSIG would be responsible to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and would report to Online Council. It would be supported by a small secretariat from within the Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio.
Representation on NBSIG would be from the Commonwealth and each state and territory, as well as the private sector. It would be preferable for this representation to include expertise in education, health and small business policy. A virtual forum is also recommended which would draw further experience and advice from a broader group of broadband industry specialists.
NBSIG would meet as required with the key objective being to ensure consistency among government funded broadband initiatives with agreed national principles and priorities.
It is suggested that the NBSIG may wish to form working groups tasked with looking at specific broadband issues. These could include demand aggregation strategies, strategic investments and the information economy environment.
Figure 1: National Broadband Strategy Implementation Group
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