The New Development Charge is a fee implemented in 2016 that charges all connections made in areas that the fibre infrastructure provider (e.g., nbn®) has identified as within the boundary of a new development. The implementation of this fee was a decision made by the Australian government to shift partial costs of the fibre infrastructure onto “the parties that use or benefit from them.”. All service providers will charge this fee on behalf of nbn® when the internet service is activated.