❓ Hon Stephen Dawson asks about the progress of the Regional Mobile Communications Project (RMCP), specifically regarding the number of completed towers, a list of completed and in-progress towers, and the site selection criteria. The Minister provides a progress update and clarifies Telstra's role in site selection.
AnsweredQoN 935Legislative Council
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I refer to the Regional Mobile Communications Project (RMCP), and I ask: (a) how many of the 113 RMCP towers planned across Western Australia have been completed as at 1 March 2014; (b) will the Minister provide a list of the towers already completed and those in the process of completion; and (c) will the Minister table the criteria and submission process used for site selection?
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Answered
1 April 2014
Responded by
Minister for Commerce
Response time
19 days
(a) 84 towers completed (74 per cent).
(b) Yes. Please see Tabled Paper No'
(c) The Western Australian Government is responding to telecommunications deficiencies identified during various community consultations and also in the State Telecommunications Needs Assessment Surveys of 2008 and 2010. Telstra was solely responsible for selecting the 113 RMCP sites to address coverage gaps along major highways, between towns and in some remote Aboriginal communities. The Government's only involvement in directing the location of the sites was by setting an implementation priority in the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Midwest regions of the State.
(b) Yes. Please see Tabled Paper No'
(c) The Western Australian Government is responding to telecommunications deficiencies identified during various community consultations and also in the State Telecommunications Needs Assessment Surveys of 2008 and 2010. Telstra was solely responsible for selecting the 113 RMCP sites to address coverage gaps along major highways, between towns and in some remote Aboriginal communities. The Government's only involvement in directing the location of the sites was by setting an implementation priority in the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Midwest regions of the State.
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