The Australian Government has announced plans to develop a national strategy to guide the uptake of the National Broadband Network (NBN) with the aim of making Australia a world leading digital economy by 2020.

 

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the roadmap will provide Australians with a clear vision of what an NBN-enabled world will look like and what steps the government, in collaboration with industry and the community, will take to get there.

 

The National Digital Economy Strategy, to be released by the end of May, will map key areas of focus and outline programs that will allow Australian families, not-for-profits and small and medium businesses to maximise the economic and social benefits that the NBN can deliver.

 

These programs will create digital hubs in local towns for use by people who are not online, and will provide training to local business and not-for-profits.