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	Bardon Telstra Tower Protest The existing facility at 55 Main Avenue Bardon is being decommissioned due to their lease expiring. The new facility at 27 Gerler Street Bardon will be 22 times more powerful than the one it replaces. Radiation will extend to 500 metres. The primary school is only 170 metres away.

Tower Proposal - 27 Gerler Street, Bardon

Download doc (768 KB) >	4 September 2009 Aurecon sends initial information pack Telstra's representatives, Aurecon, contacted owners of the units at 27 Gerler Street (also known as 32 Hebe Street). The 15 page document begins with a formal letter of notification of Telstra's intent to construct a mobile telecommunications facility at 27 Gerler Street Bardon. The document contains 3 attachments: Attachment A - Community Information Sheet Attachment B - Contact details and legislative compliance Attachment C - Summary of estimate EME levels On page 3 the document contains a concept photograph of the before and after "visual impact" (below). Can you spot the difference?
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Download doc (6,273 KB) >	21 September 2009 Aurecon sends another information pack. The second pack addressed issues raised by members of the community. This 43 page document contains information references and fact sheets from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nucleur Science Authority (ARPANSA) and Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as follows: ARPANSA Factsheet - What about base stations and telecommunication towers - are there any health effects? ARPANSA Factsheet - Mobile phones and children ARPANSA Factsheet - Electromagnetic energy and its effects ARPANSA Factsheet - Government action on electromagnetic energy public health issues ARPANSA Factsheet - RF exposure standard ARPANSA Factsheet - Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure Standard ACMA Factsheet - Electromagnetic Energy ACMA Factsheet - Electromagnetic Energy and 3G phones ACMA Factsheet - Installation of telecommunications facilities - a guide for consumers ACMA Factsheet - Mobile base stations and EME Site selection process Drawings of the proposed facility Download the original document (6,273 KB)>

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SUGGESTED LINKS
	http://www.arpansa.gov.au Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) http://www.acma.gov.au http://www.who.int http://www.amta.org.au/


	Proposed site: 27 Gerler Street - view from Hebe Street (building has street frontage on Gerler and Hebe street) 6 panel antennas, 2.12m in length at an approximate height of 10.31m (to the centre line of the antennas), mounted on the existing building support frame (details as stated in Telstra brief)
	Proposed site: 27 Gerler Street - neighbour. This photo shows how close the neighbour will be to the installation.
	Proposed site: 27 Gerler Street showing lane and neighbour at 29 Gerler Street. Lane used by pedestrians and school children. (approx 3-4m from wall of 27 Gerler St building to lane. Lane approx 3.5m wide from retaining wall to fence line)
	BEFORE - Ordinary rooftops in a residential area. Map source: Google Earth
	Tower from above - shows distance from proposed tower at 27 Gerler Street to Rainworth State School (170m) Map source: Google Earth
	Radiation reach (approx 500m) from tower Can you see your house? Map source: Google Earth
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