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OPTUS IN BARDON - MORE FACILITIES TO COME?
2 Dec 2011
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This week Optus contacted NTNS and indicated that early in 2012 (but not during the school holidays) Optus will hold a public information session in regards to capacity and coverage issues that they have in the Bardon/Rosalie area.
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Mr Ken Roberts (Optus QLD manager for Mobile Network Deployment) has assured NTNS that no site acquisition or lease agreements will be entered into prior to this public meeting.
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Towering Concerns
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Primary school takes on Optus over phone tower
20 Nov 2011 - The Sydney Morning Herald
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Brookfield residents protest against mobile tower plans
28 Sep 2011 - The CourierMail
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Brookfield residents have united in protest against a proposed Optus mobile tower they believe may have negative impacts on their health.
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The planned tower location, at 63 Kintyre St, is across the road from a childcare centre and 200m from Kenmore State High School.
President of the OMT protest group Andre Van Zyl said they had collected more than 400 signatures opposing the location and would be lodging a formal response this week to Optus and engineering consultants Aurecon, who are assisting with the tower's planning.
"Our group is not anti-technology and innovation, we're simply saying we need better consultation and transparency of technical data and independent research regarding health issues," Mr Van Zyl said...
Read in full on The Courier Mail website > |
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Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011
13 Sep 2011 - Andrew Wilkie
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The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has acted to give the community a greater say on the building of mobile phone towers.
Mr Wilkie today formally gave notice to Federal Parliament of his Private Members Bill for an Act to enhance community consultation in relation to the development of telecommunications facilities.
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"I think the telecommunications industry has too much autonomy when siting and constructing mobile phone towers with the result that legitimate community concerns are often not addressed," he said. "That’s why I am looking to amend the Telecommunications Act. The proposed Optus tower in Sandy Bay is a good example of the problem and need for legislative reform.
Members of the community should not have to hold public rallies and lobby politicians just to be heard."
Mr Wilkie’s Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011 would give people within a 500m radius of proposed towers the right to lodge a complaint, extend the objection period from 10 to 30 business days and require poles and aerials to be viewed holistically when assessed...
Read in full on Andrew Wilkie's website > |
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Mobile phone towers under scrutiny
25 Aug 2011 - The Greens
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New legislation to give communities a greater say in where mobile phone towers are installed has been given notice of by Greens Leader Bob Brown in the Senate today...
Read in full on The Greens website > |
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Telecommunication Tower Problems in Ryde
8 Aug 2011 - Ryde Liberal Councillors
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I have been contacted by communities around North Ryde and Ryde that have suddenly discovered a telecommunication tower or some other telecommunications equipment is about to be installed next to their homes, shopping village or schools, without their prior knowledge or consent....
Read in full on Clr. Roy Maggio’s letter to the editor > |
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People power topples tower
27 July 2011 - The Mercury
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PEOPLE power has halted the construction of a mobile phone tower in suburban Taroona.
Jubilant scenes erupted in the public gallery of the Kingborough Council chambers this week when the application to build a 30m tower in a park was rejected...
Read in full on The Mercury website > |
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Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders
8 June 2011 - The Telegraph
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Mobile phones and computers with wireless internet connections pose a risk to human health and should be banned from schools, a powerful European body has ruled...
Read in full on The Telegraph website > |
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3G phones less harmful, researcher says
1 June 2011 - Brisbane Times
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The latest 3G mobile devices such as iPhones and other smart phones may deliver a lower dose of radiowaves to the brain than earlier models but frequent use could still cause cancer, a health expert says...
Read in full on Brisbane Times website > |
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WHO study: mobile phones 'possibly carcinogenic to humans'
1 June 2011 - ABC Radio National
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Mobile phone users could be at an increased risk of brain cancer according to a study published by the World Health Organisation. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has found that radio-frequency electromagnetic fields are 'possibly carcinogenic to humans.'
Listen on the ABC website > |
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World Health Organization - Press Release No. 208
IARC CLASSIFIES RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AS POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS.
31 May 2011
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Lyon, France, May 31, 2011 -- The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer1, associated with wireless phone use.
Download the document from their website (PDF) > |
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Dr. Devra Lee Davis PhD MPH | Environmental Health Trust
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Lateline featuring Dr Devra Lee Davis
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Community Battles - Gooseberry Hill
18 Feb 2011 - Echo News
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A towering concern.
MORE than 140 people fronted up to a community meeting about a proposed Optus mobile tower near Gooseberry Hill Primary School on Wednesday night....
Read in full in the Echo News > |
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Television feature - The 7pm Project
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A new book "The Force" - Lyn McLean
29 Jan 2011 - Scribe paperback
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Living safely in a world of electromagnetic pollution
Lyn McClean is Australia's foremost consumer advocate on the issue of EMR. An author and educator, she has been monitoring and writing on the subject for more than 15 years.
Read more and purchase on the EMR Australia website > |
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Community Battles - Gooseberry Hill
18 Dec 2010 - Echo News
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Community livid over proposed tower
The proposed Optus mobile tower, 180m away from Gooseberry Hill Primary School, has the school community outraged as the public comment period draws to a close...
Read in full in the Echo News > |
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Community Battles - Bicton
21 Sep 2010 - Melville Times
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Don't give us Perth's tallest phone tower, plead residents
Concerned residents opposed to Telstra’s plans to build what is believed to be the tallest phone tower in Perth....
Read in full at In My Community > |
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Community Battles - MULLALOO Tower Action Group
31 Aug 2010 - Joondalup Times
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MULLALOO Tower Action Group spokeswoman Julie Eady says the group opposes having a Telstra tower on top of Mullaloo Plaza because the site is 100 metres from Mullaloo Community Kindergarten...
Read in full in the Joondalup Times > |
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