Sen Richard Alston just announced that untimed local calls are to be
EXTENDED to regional and rural Australia
see http://www.dca.gov.au/govtpol.html#policy for background paper.
Comments and submissions on how best to achieve this goal are to be sent
in by 3 October 1997
Full text of press release may be seen on
http://www.dca.gov/au/mediarel.html#releases
Garry R. Ford
Chairman
Coalition Communications Policy Committee
Cheers
Garry