Make a submission to the First Nations Community Wi-Fi Program - Project Noticeboard

State, territory and local governments, and authorised representatives of First Nations communities, can submit potential project proposals or suggest remote and very remote First Nations community locations, which would benefit from free community Wi-Fi, to the Project Noticeboard for the upcoming First Nations Community Wi-Fi program (the Program).

The Noticeboard is intended to provide First Nations communities and their representatives with the ability to voice their connectivity needs and assist potential applicants in identifying the types of solutions communities are looking for when developing their applications for the Program.

Project proposals should outline the current levels of connectivity and quality of service issues being experienced in a proposed community and their impacts, details on organisations that support your proposal, and any other relevant information.

You can make a submission by entering your project proposal and contact details below. We also encourage community representatives to tell us about your community’s connectivity challenges and needs by completing our short online survey, which can also be downloaded in Word (9.45 MB) or PDF (1.5 MB) format and emailed to us at FirstNationsDigitalInclusion@infrastructure.gov.au.

Making a submission to the Project Noticeboard is not an application for funding, nor does it guarantee that an application for a proposed project will be submitted, or that funding will be allocate to a proposed project or community. However, it can help the industry to identify community and stakeholder support for place-based, needs-based projects in remote communities.

Further information on the Program’s draft grant opportunity guidelines can be found at First Nations Community Wi-Fi Program – draft Grant Opportunity Guidelines | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

Register your project proposal

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Step 1: Register your project proposal

The name you provide with your contact details below will appear with your submission on our website. This can be your name or your organisation name. You can also choose to remain anonymous or keep both your name and submission private.

Remain Anonymous

Please select if you prefer your submission to remain anonymous. If you select yes, this means your submission will display on the website with the name Anonymous and your name and/or organisation will not appear anywhere on the website.
Private Submission

Please select if you prefer your submission to remain private. If you selected yes, this means your submission and/or any additional documents will not be displayed or made publicly available on the website. For more details please see our Privacy Policy.
Note: This can be a town, suburb or street address. It cannot be an LGA or electorate. Multiple locations can be nominated. This field is limited to 255 characters with spaces.

Please describe the nature of digital connectivity in your community and the impacts this has for community members. List any organisations that support this submission, and any other relevant information.

This field is limited to 650 characters with spaces.

 

Co-contributions

Please indicate whether you would be willing to offer any financial and/or in-kind co-contributions. In-kind contributions include, but are not limited to: assisting with community consultation on a suitable site, securing the necessary planning and site approvals, lease arrangements, civil works required for a site access, assistance with coordinating power to a site, or facilitating access to existing infrastructure.

Are you willing to discuss potential co-contributions (financial and/or in-kind) with program applicants?
Maximum 5 files.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods, jpg, png.

Step 2: Contact details

You do not have to provide all contact details, but must provide at least one contact method for publishing on the Project Noticeboard. You may provide a switchboard phone number or a shared email address.

Please enter an Australian landline or mobile phone number including area code e.g.: 07 1234 5678 or 041 1234 567

Thank you for registering your project proposal for inclusion on the Project Noticeboard. Before submitting your proposal by clicking the Submit button at the bottom of this page, please read the Publication, Confidentiality and Privacy information below. 

All proposals are subject to review prior to being added to the Noticeboard. Any questions should be sent to FirstNationsDigitalInclusion@infrastructure.gov.au

Publication, Confidentiality and Privacy of Submissions Instructions

We may use your details to contact you regarding your submission and we will never share any of your contact details or make your email, or phone number public abiding by our Privacy Policy.

The department reserves the right to not publish proposals to the Noticeboard at its absolute discretion, including proposals which are identical or very similar to proposals already included on the Noticeboard. The department may adjust wording or language in your proposal for clarity or brevity.

Privacy Collection Notice (Australian Privacy Principle 5)

Your submission, including any personal information supplied, is being collected by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (“the department”) in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988.

Use

The department may use your submission in connection of its review of the First Nations Community Wi-Fi Program including the development of new Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Disclosure

The department may publish your submission as explained below. Otherwise your submission will not be disclosed unless authorised or required by law.

Contacting You

The department may use your contact information to make further contact with you about your submission and the consultation process. 

Publication

Unless marked confidential (see below) submissions (including the author’s name) may be published in part or full on the department’s website or in any public response by the department. When publishing, the department will redact any personal contact details of the author. Work contact details are not redacted.

Confidentiality

Confidential submissions will not be published and will only be disclosed in the following circumstances:

  • in response to a request by a Commonwealth Minister; 
  • where required by a House or a Committee of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia; 
  • where necessary in the public interest; or 
  • where authorised or required by law. 

Submissions will only be treated as confidential if they are expressly stated to be confidential. Automatically generated confidentiality statements or disclaimers appended to an email do not suffice for this purpose. If you wish you make a confidential submission, you must indicate this by ensuring your submission is clearly marked confidential. Even if a submission is not marked confidential, the department may choose not to publish it, or any part of it, in the department’s discretion (for example where it includes personal information or opinions about a third party).

Access

The department will securely store your personal information and the department’s privacy policy contains information regarding complaint handling processes and how to access and/or seek correction of personal information held by the department. Further information is available at Privacy | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts or by contacting FirstNationsDigitalInclusion@infrastructure.gov.au