ACMA must identify areas at high risk of natural disasters; it must also set power and back-up power requirements for critical network units in those areas.

The Minister can force primary outdoor mobile providers to offer temporary disaster roaming; this lets users access other networks for calls and texts during emergencies.

Authorities must ensure telecommunications services stay available during natural disasters; this includes using community wi-fi and cells on wheels.

ACMA can use existing external documents, such as the Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay, to set power requirements for high-risk sites.

The Minister can give ACMA the power to make technical and operational rules for temporary disaster roaming.

The ACMA must tell phone companies which areas are at high risk of natural disasters and extreme weather. The ACMA will also identify critical network units in those areas and set rules for how they must be powered, including backup power requirements.

The Minister can make rules that force primary outdoor mobile providers to offer temporary disaster roaming. This lets people in emergency areas make calls and send texts using a different mobile network than their own.

The ACMA can set the technical and operational rules for how temporary disaster roaming works.

Phone companies must ensure mobile services stay available during natural disasters. They can do this by using community Wi-Fi or mobile towers on wheels.