Residents of regional and rural Australia are being encouraged to take part in a review into telecommunications in the bush. 

The Regional Telecommunications Review is held once every three years and aims to address the gap between connection in bush communities and metropolitan areas. 

Online consultations are being launched next month. 

Rural Editor Emily Minney spoke with Independent Review Committee Chairwoman Alannah MacTiernan about the probe.

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