Report predicts Australia to be country of great divide (infrastructure issues)

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Report predicts Australia to be country of great divide (infrastructure issues)

A federal parliamentary report has warned that Australia is in danger of being divided into two nations because of a lack of infrastructure.

The government is being urged to show more leadership in regional areas.

The year long inquiry examined the issues facing regional and rural Australia and came up with 92 recommendations on how to stop the decline.

The report titled Time Running Out warns that action is desperately needed to ensure that many regional communities do not just survive but learn to thrive once again.

It says the opportunity exists for the Federal Government to take the lead in reshaping the future of regional Australia, particularly on the issue of new infrastructure.

On the current debate over telecommunications services, the report recommends the universal service obligation be extended to ensure Internet services are made available to all regional areas.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/nat/newsnat-13mar2000-43.htm

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), March 13, 2000


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