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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This Report outlines regional and rural consumer understandings of smart technologies and their applications in North West New South
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Report draws on an evidence base from over 130 participants and 6 case studies including Dubbo, Wellington, Narromine, Peak Hill,
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The research was conducted by Dr. Holly Randell-Moon from the School of Indigenous Australian Studies at the Dubbo campus of Charles
Sturt University, Australia, and Danielle Hynes, University of New South Wales. The project is funded by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To access the report, please go here: </span></font><a href="http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiY3ODU5MDZjN2FmYTVhZDU0Nj02MzBDNTU3Ml85OTUxNl82MjQzXzEmJmI0NTMzODdiZDQwNTdlNz0xMzMzJiZ1cmw9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZzbWFydHJlZ2lvbnMlMkVjc3UlMkVkb21haW5zJTJG" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk462588" previewremoved="true"><font face="Times New Roman,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3"><span id="LPlnk462588" style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3"><span id="LPlnk462588" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://smartregions.csu.domains/</span></font></span></font></span></font></a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Material from the report has also been published in the journal </span></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Policy
& Internet</i></span></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: </span></font><a href="http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiY2ZjUwMDhjY2IyYWFhYzAzMj02MzBDNTU3Ml85OTUxNl82MjQzXzEmJjY0MTJmYzViYzU2MTRlNT0xMzMzJiZ1cmw9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZvbmxpbmVsaWJyYXJ5JTJFd2lsZXklMkVjb20lMkZkb2klMkZmdWxsJTJGMTAlMkUxMDAyJTJGcG9pMyUyRTI4Ng==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk506900" previewremoved="true"><font face="Times New Roman,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3"><span id="LPlnk506900" style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3"><span id="LPlnk506900" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/poi3.286</span></font></span></font></span></font></a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3" color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please feel free to circulate the report link among your networks. If you would like hard copies of the report, please contact </span></font><a href="mailto:hrandell-moon@csu.edu.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font face="Times New Roman,serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">hrandell-moon@csu.edu.au</font></span></font></a></div>
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