Bugle Newsroom - 15 April 2025, 1:00 PM
Community Independent candidate for Gilmore, Kate Dezarnaulds, is calling for urgent action to fix persistent mobile blackspots, which are disrupting daily life for residents and leaving the region ill-equipped to handle peak holiday periods.
As school holidays bring a surge of visitors to the South Coast, locals say they’re being left high and dry when it comes to basic mobile coverage, which hurts hurting businesses, frustrates tradespeople and puts emergency services at risk.
“We live in one of the most beautiful parts of Australia—but when the crowds arrive, our mobile networks crash,” she said.