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Emergency Comms
Australia wants better emergency comms services
Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has welcomed proposals to harmonise the spectrum for emergency radio services across the country—Commonwealth, State and Territory security, law enforcement and public safety radio services.
“The harmonisation of police, ambulance and emergency services radio communications across state borders has always been a long-standing goal,” says Conroy.
“The review of the spectrum infrastructure required to do this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.”
The proposed harmonised government radio communications spectrum band is one of a number of initiatives outlined in an Australian Communications and Media Authority discussion paper released on 2 April 2009.
” Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) review of the 400MHz spectrum band presents a nation-building opportunity to improve emergency services and law enforcement intercommunications,” Conroy said.
“I urge all relevant agencies and the state and territory governments to focus on ACMA’s proposals and use the submissions process to identify and explore all relevant issues, and work towards increased interoperability.”
Improved emergency services communications is also a focus for the Rudd Government’s US$33 million Digital Regions Initiative, which will fund education, health and emergency services projects in partnership with all levels of government—whether state, territory or local.
In the area of emergency services it will support projects that use digital technologies to improve emergency and disaster response both within and across state and territory borders. Applications for the Digital Regions Initiative will be called no later than September 2009.
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