No Towers Near Schools - Protecting our Children


	Other Community Battles In communities around the country, similar fights continue to go on with ordinary Australians standing up to telcos and saying loudly and clearly: "THIS IS NOT ON"

Community Battles

Thankfully for the Bardon community, things with regard to the proposed mobile phone facility appear to be heading in the right direction with a solution that most of us believe we can live with. In other communities around the country, though, similar fights continue.

Community battles over siting of Mobile
Phone Facilities around Australia

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Feature Articles

14 Jun 2012

Optus withdraws plans for phone tower in Dutton Park after community backlash

GRASSROOTS opposition has quashed plans by telecom giant Optus to build a phone tower just metres from a primary school in Dutton Park.

Protests spearheaded by St Ita's Catholic School parents and friends committee and local residents, aided by association with Brisbane lobby group No Towers Near Schools...

See the full article on TheCourierMail website >

14 Jun 2012

Council snubs mobile phone tower plans

There was a fiery and personal debate last night as the Bendigo council rejected plans for a new mobile phone tower in the city.

The council voted five-to-four to reject Telstra's application to build the tower next to the Brennan Park swimming pool in Kennington....

Read in full on the ABC News website >

2 Jun 2012

Dutton Park residents set to rally against phone tower

HUNDREDS are expected to gather in protest on Sunday at St Itas Catholic School, after it was revealed Optus planned to build a phone tower around 200m from the a local school, on top of a block of social housing units....

See the full article on TheCourierMail website >

28 Sep 2011

Brookfield residents protest against mobile tower plans

Brookfield residents have united in protest against a proposed Optus mobile tower they believe may have negative impacts on their health.

The planned tower location, at 63 Kintyre St, is across the road from a childcare centre and 200m from Kenmore State High School...

Read in full in The Courier Mail>

27 Jul 2011

People power topples tower

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 in the Mercury >

15 Jun 2011

Residents renew fight against mobile towers

Part 1: An iTnews investigation from the front line.
Quakers Hill resident Kathi Janssens was "completely terrified" when she received a letter from Blacktown Council in Sydney's west notifying her of a proposed new mobile phone tower in the area....

Read in full in the itnews website >

18 Feb 2011

Gooseberry Hill - 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 >

10 Feb 2011

Carlingford - Telstra blames customers for towers

TELSTRA blamed customers for its decision to build 16m mobile phone towers beside homes and kindergartens...

Read in full in the Daily Telegraph >

18 Dec 2010

Gooseberry Hill - 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 >

21 Sep 2010

Bicton - 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 at Point Walter Golf Course are calling on councillors to recognise the importance of the A-Class Reserve before making their decision....

Read in full on the In My Community website >

31 Aug 2010

Mullaloo - Phone tower ‘on hold’

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 >

11 Nov 2009

Summer Hill - Childcare centre fears Telstra phone tower

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TINY tots took to the streets of Summer Hill (Sydney) on Friday to protest against a mobile phone tower being built beside their childcare centre...

“The research all points to the fact that children are particularly at risk given their nervous systems and brains are still developing,” she said. “Summer Hill has many commercial and light industrial areas which we would suggest are much more suited to mobile phone towers.”

View the entire article on The Inner West Courier website >

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