The Committee will inquire into and report on enabling communications infrastructure in Australia's external territories, including:

1. the availability of, and access to communications technologies and infrastructure in each of the external territories;
2. future opportunities in enabling communications technologies and infrastructure in each of the external territories including telecommunications services, submarine cables, satellite capabilities;
3. opportunities and barriers arising from current and potential future communications infrastructure in each of the external territories;
4. examining the economic benefits of improving the availability of, and access to communications infrastructure in each of the external territories;  and
5. recommendations for any future communications technologies and infrastructure for each of the external territories.