- $1 million to provide high-quality broadband to Kununurra and the Ord River Irrigation Area
- Digital Farm Grants to deliver affordable, scalable broadband to more than 1,240 businesses across 41,000 square kilometres of regional WA
Growers in the Ord River Irrigation Area are set to join the ag-tech revolution, with the McGowan Government's Digital Farm program to deliver enterprise-grade broadband across Kununurra and the Ord.
Two adjacent networks will be deployed to cover more than 40 farm businesses over nearly 1,700 square kilometres in the East Kimberley, as part of the Digital Farm initiative to bridge the 'digital divide' in regional Western Australia.
The grants, totalling $1 million in matching funding, have been allocated to extend broadband access to areas that are not adequately serviced by the NBN fixed wireless and fixed line footprint.
The new network will provide a fast, reliable, digital service to agricultural businesses in Kununurra, the industrial area, and the southern and central parts of the Ord River farmland.
These are the final projects from the first round of Digital Farm Grants, worth a total of $5 million, providing access to affordable, scalable broadband to more than 1,240 enterprises across 41,000 square kilometres of the Kimberley, Mid-West, Wheatbelt, Peel, South-West and Great Southern regions.
