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APPRENTICE shipbuilders Calvin Dunphy, left, Thomas Phipps, Jake Lewis and Daniel Gray look forward to a future career after learning their trade at Hart Marine in Mornington. The federal government hopes more businesses will take on apprentices across the Dunkley electorate to give young people a chance to upskill on the path to a career. See Page 4. Picture: Gary Sissons
NBN delayed until 2019 Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au FASTER internet will be slower to arrive in Frankston with the national broadband network rollout to many homes and businesses delayed until 2019. In October 2015, the federal Coalition government announced “all premises in Dunkley” were “on track” to be connected to the network “by the end of 2017” amid much fanfare and a visit
to Frankston South by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, then federal communications minister. Late last year, NBN Co — the federal government-owned company tasked with building the faster internet network — quietly pushed out its deadline to roll out the infrastructure in Frankston to “the first half of 2019”, two years later than originally planned. Frankston mayor Cr Brian Cunial said council is disappointed that “most of our municipality” will not have ac-
cess to higher-speed broadband until 2019 “despite the federal government’s promise of the NBN rollout by 2017”. “With Frankston designated as one of Melbourne’s Metropolitan Activity Centres, many businesses and developers have chosen to invest in our City based on its status and the anticipated NBN rollout. The delay in the rollout now puts at risk economic and jobs growth in our region,” Cr Cunial said. “Council urges the federal government to review its construction plan and
to prioritise Frankston City to ensure that our local business communities remain competitive.” Federal Dunkley Liberal MP Chris Crewther defended the delay, saying many homes in the Frankston, Seaford, Frankston North and Frankston South areas will now receive “better technology” when the network arrives in those suburbs. “NBN announced in late September the introduction of a new technology, Fibre-to-the-Distribution, which
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will connect up to 700,000 premises - including premises in our local area which are currently served by the Optus cable TV network,” Mr Crewther said. “As a result of this upgrade, commencement of NBN construction in some areas is likely to be rescheduled to 2018. “Homes and businesses in these areas will continue to have access to existing cable broadband and ADSL2+ services where they are available today until the NBN is rolled out.” Continued Page 6
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