Barnaby Joyce said local industry in Guyra is set to benefit from a $500,000 boost to its NBN network and telecommunication services.
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That will include Costa Group's hydroponic tomato glasshouse facility in its transition from Sky Muster Satellite to Fibre to the Premises, which was highlighted by Mr Joyce.
He said the extra NBN services along Elm Street and the New England Highway will support Costa's expanding operations including administration, research and horticultural production in Guyra.
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"Costa's tomato farm plays a pivotal role in backing local employment and investment in Guyra and this upgrade will support that," Mr Joyce said.
"It will help keep our businesses connected, our families in touch and means we can better access health, education and online services on the go.
"We need specifically targeted technology updates like this, in areas of demand, to ensure communities of Guyra and the wider New England, can continue to grow," he said.
When it launched the NBN, the then Labor government planned to connect most Australian homes to the NBN through fibre to the premises.
When the coalition came to power in 2013 it scrapped this approach in favour of mixed technologies.
Fibre was instead rolled out to "nodes" near houses and businesses, which was connect to premises via copper wires, often leaving them with much slower connections.
The Guyra funding, of $520,018, comes from the federal government's Regional Connectivity Program (RCP) as part of the $4.5 billion upgrade to the NBN.
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