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Article: Compo plan for bush phone calls.(Barnaby Joyce's telecommunications policy, Telstra Corporation Ltd.'s divestment)(Brief Article)
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
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- March 13, 2005
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Mar 13, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX)
National Party senator, Barnaby Joyce, has proposed a radical plan to ensure that rural services are up to standard under a privatised Telstra. Under the plan, the Australian Government would compensate rural telephone users for faulty infrastructure and for higher telephone rates, but the Government would also have the power to recoup the cost of compensation from industry. Joyce's vote will be crucial in the bid to pass the Telstra sale legislation. Australian Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, has suggested that tougher regulations may not be necessary if Telstra's wholesale business is separated from its retail ...