Telcos must improve mobile coverage in the bush or be held accountable, Liberal MP says

Julian Leeser says service is ‘worse today than it was 20 years ago’ and has drafted a bill so people don’t have to leave their house to get reception

A federal Liberal MP has drafted a private member’s bill with the support of 17 Coalition colleagues intended to force Australia’s telcos to improve patchy mobile coverage and shoddy customer service – a particular problem in the bush.

Julian Leeser’s proposed legislation would impose a new universal service obligation (USO) to ensure Australian consumers with a mobile phone were able to make a call or access the internet inside their home or workplace rather than being forced to look for a signal in a paddock or a road outside their property.

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