{"id":374881,"date":"2026-08-07T16:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=374881"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:26:23","slug":"regional-tech-hub-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/08\/07\/regional-tech-hub-closes\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Tech Hub Closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_207401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207401\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mikeguerin1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207401\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mikeguerin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mikeguerin1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/mikeguerin1-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NFF CEO Mike Guerin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 7, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Regional Tech Hub &#8211; which provided free and independent phone and internet advice to rural and remote residents &#8211; will wind up at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>The National Farmers\u2019 Federation said Federal Government funding for the program ended on June 30, and efforts to secure an alternative funding source were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Since launching in December 2020, the Regional Tech Hub has provided one-on-one assistance to more than 80,000 households.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, it assisted an average of 75 people every day,<\/p>\n<p>As well, 327,254 people visited the Regional Tech Hub website and 7877 people contacted the Regional Tech Helpdesk.<\/p>\n<p>NFF CEO Michael Guerin said the closure was a deeply disappointing outcome for regional Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Regional Tech Hub has been one of those rare services that solved real problems for people every single day,\u201d Mr Guerin said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helped families connect to telehealth and education, farmers adopt new technology, small businesses keep operating and communities navigate everything from the 3G shutdown to Triple Zero outages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Direct Regional Tech Hub support services officially closed on June 30; existing information and resources will shut on August 31.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"https:\/\/regionaltechhub.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Tech Hub website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Regional Tech Hub &#8211; which provided free and independent phone and internet advice to rural and remote residents &#8211; will wind up at the end of August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":207400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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