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Chapter 1 Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011

[1] The full text of the bill is at Appendix E.

[2] House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 68, 19 September 2011, p. 916.

[3] House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 71, 22 September 2011, p. 949.

[4] The full text of the Act is at <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2012C00084>.

[5] Mr Andrew Wilkie MP, first reading speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 September 2011, p. 10430.

[6] Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, pp. 11-12.

[7] Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum.

[8] Mr Quinlivan, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 11.

[9] Mr Quinlivan, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 11.

[10] Mr Quinlivan, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 11.

[11] The text of this legislative instrument can be found at <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2004C01082> viewed 13 January 2012.

[12] Telecommunications (Low-impact facilities) Determination 1997, s. 3.1 and Schedule.

[13] Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997, Schedule.

[14] Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997, ss. 2.5 and 3.1(2).

[15] Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997, s 1.2; Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, subclauses 6(4), (5) and (7).

[16] The full text of this Act is at <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2012C00233> viewed 5 February 2012.

[17] The text of this legislative instrument can be found at <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2005B00255> viewed 7 February 2012.

[18] The text of this legislative instrument can be found at <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2005B00257> viewed 7 February 2012.

[19] The text of this legislative instrument can be found at <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011C00165> viewed 5 February 2012.

[20] The full text of the Ministerial code is at <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2004C01081> viewed 16 January 2012.

[21] Information on the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) is available at <http://www.tio.com.au> viewed 17 January 2012.

[22] Telecommunications Act 1997, Part 6.

[23] Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Register of Codes, <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2525> viewed 15 March 2012.

[24] The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) Code is also referred to as the Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, or ACIF 564:2004.

[25] The ACIF is now known as Communications Alliance Ltd, and is the peak industry body. Information on Communications Alliance Ltd can be found at <http://www.commsalliance.com.au/> viewed 17 January 2012. The full text of the ACIF Code is at <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/telcomm/industry_codes/codes/c564_2004(1).pdf> viewed 16 January 2012.

[26] ACMA, Placement of mobile phone towers fact sheet, <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1752> viewed 17 January 2012.

[27] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, ss. 5, 5.4, 5.6.

[28] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 1.2.

[29] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 5.2.

[30] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 5.2.3.

[31] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 5.2.5.

[32] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 5.2.6.

[33] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 5.3.

[34] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 5.7.

[35] Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure Code, s. 5.7.5.

[36] The revised industry code is known as the Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code, C564:2011; the full text is available at <http://www.commsalliance.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/32634/C564_2011.pdf> viewed 10 February 2012.

[37] Mr Mark Loney, Acting General Manager, Communications Infrastructure Division, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 18.

[38] Communications Alliance Ltd, Submission 55, p. 4.

[39] Communications Alliance Ltd, Submission 55, p. 3.

[40] Mr John Stanton, CEO, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 32.

[41] Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), Submission 76, p. 3.

[42] Information on ACMA is available at <http://www.acma.gov.au> viewed 15 January 2012.

[43] Mr Loney, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 13.

[44] ACMA, Legislation & regulation, <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2889> viewed 14 November 2011.

[45] ACMA, Making a complaint, <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1961> viewed 17 January 2012.

[46] ACMA, Making a complaint, <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1961> viewed 18 January 2012.

[47] Mr Chris Cheah, Authority Member, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 17.

[48] ACMA, Making a complaint, <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1961> viewed 18 January 2012.

[49] DBCDE, Submission 61.1.

[50] Mr Stanton, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 32.

[51] ALGA, Submission 76, p. 3.

[52] Ms Anna Castellano, Submission 13; Tower Action Group Inc., Submission 16, p. 2; No Towers Near Schools, Submission 34, p. [1]; Ms Anne Tredenick, Submission 40, p. 2; Ms Sandra Boland, Submission 47, p. [1].

[53] Mr Rob Godwin, Submission 6; Ms Jacqui Godwin, Submission 12; Worried Householders Action Against Tower, Submission 38.

[54] Mr Rob Godwin, Submission 6, p. [3].

[55] Summer Hill Action Group, Submission 28, pp. 4-6.

[56] Mr Andrew Fraser MP, Submission 35, pp. [1]-[2].

[57] Ms Michelle Pini, Submission 1, pp. 1-2.

[58] Telecommunications Tower Committee Currumbin Valley, Submission 7, p. [2].

[59] Tower Action Group Inc., Submission 16, pp. 1-2.

[60] Residents Opposed to Optus Tower in Clunes, Submission 29, pp. [1]-[2].

[61] Ms Sharon Adlam, Submission 56.

[62] Ms Sharon Adlam, Submission 56, p. [2].

[63] Dr Jason Whitehead & Dr Fiona Taylor, Submission 37, pp. 3-4.

[64] Ballina Shire Council, Submission 51.

[65] Mr Tony Piccolo MP, Submission 52, p. [3].

[66] Mr Tony Piccolo MP, Submission 52, p. [4].

[67] ALGA, Submission 76, pp. 2-3.

[68] Australian Mobile Telecommunications Authority (AMTA), Submission 67, pp. 21-22. Information was provided by the Mobile Carriers Forum, a division of AMTA that represents the three mobile phone carriers in Australia, namely Telstra, Optus and Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA). Information on the Mobile Carriers Forum is available at <http://www.mcf.amta.org.au/> viewed 20 January 2012.

[69] Mr Chris Althaus, CEO, AMTA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 4.

[70] Mr Stanton, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 37.

[71] Information on AMTA is available at <http://www.amta.org.au/pages/About.AMTA> viewed 20 January 2012.

[72] AMTA, Submission 67, p. 30; Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 46, p. 4 and Annexure 1, p. 13.

[73] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 46, pp. 1-2.

[74] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 46, p. 4.

[75] Mr Stanton, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 34.

[76] Mr Philip Mason, Assistant Secretary, NBN Regulation Branch, NBN Infrastructure, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 19.

[77] Crown Castle, Submission 3, pp. 3-4; Optus, Submission 43, p. 5; Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 46, p. 7; AMTA, Submission 67, p. 8; VHA, Submission 68, p. [2].

[78] ALGA, Submission 76, p. 3.

[79] Mr Stanton, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 36.

[80] Mr Stanton, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 33.

[81] Mr Stanton, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 33.

[82] Mr Stanton, Communications Alliance Ltd, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 35.

[83] ACMA, Electromagnetic energy fact sheet, <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1719> viewed 19 January 2012.

[84] Information on the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) can be obtained at < http://www.arpansa.gov.au> viewed 18 January 2012.

[85] According to an ARPANSA fact sheet, The ARPANSA Radiofrequency radiation exposure Standard, EME series no. 4, (available at <www.arpansa.gov.au/eme/index.cfm> viewed 19 January 2012), these limits are based on the 1998 guidelines of the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) for limiting exposure to time‑varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz). These guidelines were issued in 1998; in 2009 ICNIRP issued a statement confirming their validity, taking into account scientific advances in the years since publication. The guidelines are available at <http://www.icnirp.de/documents/emfgdl.pdf> viewed 7 February 2012.

[86] Dr Lindsay Martin, Manager, Non-Ionising Radiation, Radiation Health Services, ARPANSA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 27.

[87] ARPANSA, The ARPANSA Radiofrequency radiation exposure Standard, EME series no. 4, available at <http://www.arpansa.gov.au/eme/index.cfm> viewed 19 March 2012.

[88] AMTA, Submission 67, pp. 24-26.

[89] Dr Don Maisch, Submission 53, p. 2.

[90] Dr Don Maisch, Submission 53, p. 8.

[91] No Towers Near Schools, Submission 34, p. 2.

[92] Ms Anna Castellano, Submission 13; Councillor Peter Matic, Submission 69.

[93] AMTA, Submission 67, p. 25.

[94] Mr Althaus, AMTA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 6.

[95] Crown Castle, Submission 3, p. 3.

[96] Optus, Submission 43, p. 4; AMTA, Submission 67, p. 3.

[97] Mr Althaus, AMTA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 2.

[98] Optus, Submission 43, p. 4.

[99] Information on Deloitte Access Economics can be accessed at <http://www.deloitteaccesseconomics.com.au/> viewed 20 January 2012

[100] AMTA, Submission 67, p. 7.

[101] Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, clauses 1 and 25.

[102] Telecommunications (Low-impact facilities) Determination 1997, Explanatory Statement, <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2004B00455/Explanatory%20Statement/Text> viewed 7 February 2012.

[103] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 46, p. 18; AMTA, Submission 67, p. 31.

[104] Mr Cheah, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 13.

[105] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 46, p. 2; Crown Castle, Submission 3, pp. 2-3.

[106] AMTA, Submission 67, p. 27.

[107] Mr Althaus, AMTA, Committee Hansard, 17 February 2012, Canberra, p. 5.

[108] PIPE Networks, Submission 45.

[109] AMTA, Submission 67, p. 27.

[110] AMTA, Submission 67, p. 35.

[111] AMTA, Submission 67, p. 35.