[LINK] > Broadband for Seniors
Marghanita da Cruz
marghanita at ramin.com.au
Fri Jul 11 12:08:07 AEST 2008
Has this been debated on Link - perhaps some seniors have a view?
> Broadband for Seniors
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> Call for applications to deliver the $15 million program nationally - Now open
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> The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Jenny Macklin MP is calling for applications from suitably qualified organisations to deliver the Broadband for Seniors program nationally.
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> Only one in five Australians over the age of 65 years currently uses the internet. The needs of older Australians wishing to be trained in the use of the internet will be met by the creation of approximately 2,000 seniors internet kiosks, provided by community organisations that support seniors.
<http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/seniors/bfs.htm>
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Marghanita da Cruz
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