The proposal has four components.

• Component 1 – Provide capped funding of $250 million, spread evenly over three years from 2020-21 to 2022-23, to support the migration of vulnerable consumers to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
• Component 2 – Replace the Telephone Allowance with a Federal Telecommunications Concession (starting at $60 per quarter from 1 July 2020), payable to all holders of a Department of Human Services (DHS) Health Care Card. The payment would be indexed annually to the communications group consumer price index (CPI).
• Component 3 – Expand the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Broadband Performance Monitoring Program to include fixed wireless and satellite services. Funding would be provided from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2022.
• Component 4 – Provide capped funding of $100 million per year from 2020-21 to 2022-23 to extend the Mobile Black Spot Program.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2020.