 Mr Chairman, Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, Directors of the Bureau, ITU officials, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. It's an honour to be with you here in Dubai for the 2018 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. And on behalf of the Australian delegation, can I thank the ITU and our UAE hosts for their wonderful hospitality. Australia greatly values the work of the ITU and we're proud of our long-standing involvement, having been an active ITU participant for over 100 years. Australia is the sixth largest financial contributor to the ITU and a strong supporter of its work. Australia shares the ITU's Connect 2020 Agenda Vision of an Information Society where telecommunication technologies support social, economic and sustainable growth for everyone. In Australia, we're delivering on this vision by bridging the digital divide between those living in our cities and those living in regional and remote locations. I'm pleased to say Australia will deliver broadband access to every Australian home and business by 2020. Our new national broadband network has connected 4.2 million premises and a further 100,000 premises are being connected each and every month. Our SkyMuster satellites are providing services to our remote areas including small offshore islands and our external territories in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Tasman Sea. We're also using new and innovative technologies to improve mobile phone coverage and competition in regional and remote Australia. Our 5G trials are well advanced and are set to inform effective deployment of the next evolution of mobile technology from next year. Australia also understands the importance of working together to deliver global change. Australia has supported regional ITU initiatives including cyber security capacity building and emergency telecommunications projects to assist our regional neighbours. To further support regional infrastructure, Australia will lay the Coral Sea Cable System, a set of high speed telecommunications cables from Australia into the Pacific. This will deliver faster and more reliable communications infrastructure affording the Pacific region with economic and development benefits. This aspiration of connectivity accessibility to all is at the core of the ITU's work. By maintaining this focus the ITU will be effective in supporting the achievement of the connected 2020 agenda and the ITU's future strategic goals and targets. Australia looks forward to continuing our long term commitment and work with the ITU to provide global connectivity and accessibility. We also look forward to working together in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration to successfully complete the work of the conference. Under your leadership Mr Chairman and the efforts of distinguished delegations we are sure that we will achieve many great outcomes at this conference together. Thank you.