Register your project proposal—Mobile Black Spot Program Round 8

Local governments, and state, territory and federal parliamentarians are invited to submit potential projects or locations which would benefit from new and improved coverage to the Project Noticeboard for Round 8 of the Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP). This is intended to assist Mobile Network Operators and Mobile Network Infrastructure Providers when developing their applications for Round 8 of the MBSP.

Project proposals should outline the mobile coverage, reception and quality of service issues being experienced in a proposed location and their impacts, information about natural disasters in the proposed location, details on organisations that support your proposal, and any other relevant information.

Before submitting your project proposal, please check the MBSP Round 8 - Eligibility Map to ensure that the area you are nominating is eligible under Round 8 of the MBSP.

The Noticeboard is only for the purposes of informing applications for Round 8 of the MBSP. It will close on 7 February 2025.

The Project Noticeboard is not an application portal and is not accepting submissions from private individuals or community groups. Individuals and community groups are encouraged to work with their local council or parliamentarian, who may make a submission to the Project Noticeboard.

Posting on the Project Noticeboard does not guarantee that an application for a proposed project or project in the suggested location will be submitted, or that funding will be allocated to the proposed project or location. However, it can help the industry identify risks in regional, rural and remote Australia, and demonstrate support for new projects. Please note the Privacy Collection Notice and explanatory text below. All information you enter on this page, including the personal and contact information may be published on the department’s website.

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Note: This can be a town, suburb or street address. It cannot be an LGA or electorate. Please check the MBSP Round 8 - Eligibility Map to ensure the location you are nominating is within an eligible area. Multiple locations can be nominated. This field is limited to 255 characters with spaces.
Note: Please describe the nature of the mobile coverage issue and their impacts, information about natural disasters in the proposed location, organisations that support your proposal, and any other relevant information. This field is limited to 650 characters with spaces.

 

Financial and/or in-kind co-contribution to be provided

Are you willing to discuss potential co-contributions (financial and/or in-kind) with program applicants?
Note: Please indicate whether you would be willing to offer any financial and/or in-kind co-contributions to your project proposal. 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 site access, assistance with coordinating power to a site, or facilitating access to existing infrastructure.

Contact details

These contact details will be published on the Noticeboard. Please ensure you provide contact details which are suitable for a public Noticeboard. You do not have to provide all contact details, but must provide at least one contact method. You may provide a switchboard phone number or a shared email address. Noticeboard entries which do not provide any contact details will not be published.

Thank you for registering your proposal for inclusion on the Noticeboard. All proposals are subject to review prior to being added to the Noticeboard. Any questions about the Noticeboard should be sent to MBSP@infrastructure.gov.au

The department reserves the right to not publish proposals to the Noticeboard at its absolute discretion, including proposals which are identical or substantively 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)

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the department) is collecting your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988. The department may publish your project proposal on the Project Noticeboard established for Round 8 of the MBSP ("the program"), including your personal information. Your proposal may be used by potential applicants under the program, as well as viewed by members of the public.

The department may also use your personal information to contact you about your proposal in regards to the program. 

The department will not otherwise use or disclose your personal information except as authorised by law.

You are not compelled by law to provide your personal information however if you do not, the department will not be able to publish your project proposal. The department will store your personal information securely 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. For more information see Privacy | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.

The MBSP team can be contacted by email MBSP@infrastructure.gov.au