Footnotes


Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Commonwealth of Australia, Journals of the Senate, 9 February 2012, pp 2089­–2090.

[2]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 1 of 2012, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Selection_of_Bills/Reports/2012/rep0112 (accessed 28 March 2012), Appendix 4, p. 7.

[3]        Commonwealth of Australia, Journals of the Senate, 14 September 2011, p. 1463.

[4]        Senator Bob Brown, Senate Hansard, 14 September 2012, p. 6092.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp 3–4.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[7]        House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications, Advisory report on the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=ic/telecommunications/report.htm (accessed 28 March 2012), p. 1. 

[8]        House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications, Advisory report on the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011, p. 29.

[9]        House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications, Advisory report on the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011, p. 29.

[10]      Commonwealth of Australia, Votes and Proceedings, No. 100, 21 March 2012, p. 1360.

Chapter 2 - Background

[1]        Telecommunications Act 1997, Part 1, ss. 3(1).

[2]        Telecommunications Act 1997, Part 1, ss. 3(2).

[3]        Telecommunications Act 1997, Part 1, para. 3(2)(h).

[4]        Telecommunications Act 1997, Part 1, ss. 4(a)–(b).

[5]        A carrier is defined in the Telecommunications Act 1997 as a holder of a carrier licence. A carrier licence is provided by the ACMA to applicants that are a constitutional corporation, an eligible partnership, or a public body. The applicant must also meet additional criteria set out in Division 3 of the Act.

[6]        The powers to enter, inspect, occupy and do anything else on, over or under the land also extend to employees of the carrier and persons acting for the carrier under contract. See Schedule 3, clause 43 of the Act.

[7]        Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, s. 6.

[8]        Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, s. 8–20.

[9]        Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, s. 36–39.

[10]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 5(1).

[11]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, s. 5.

[12]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 6(1).

[13]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, para. 6(2)(a)–(b).

[14]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, s. 17.

[15]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 17(3).

[16]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 17(4A).

[17]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 17(4A).

[18]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 17(6A).

[19]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 17(7).

[20]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 54(1).

[21]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss.54(2).

[22]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, ss. 6(3).

[23]      Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997, Part 3.

[24]      Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997, s. 1.2.

[25]      Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997, s. 2.5.

[26]      Telecommunications Act 1997, schedule 3, ss. 6(4), (5), and (7).

[27]      Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), 'Telecommunications: Legislation & regulation', www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2889 (accessed 17 April 2012).

[28]      House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications, Advisory report on the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=ic/telecommunications/report.htm (accessed 28 March 2012), pp 6–7.

[29]      Please note that some of the material contained in this chapter is drawn from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications' Advisory report on the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Community Consultation) Bill 2011.

[30]      Telecommunications Act 1997, Schedule 3, s.15.

[31]      Telecommunications Code of Practice 1997, s. 2.3–2.13

[32]      Telecommunications Code of Practice 1997, s. 4.36–4.38.

[33]      Telecommunications Code of Practice 1997, Schedule 3, clause 12.

[34]      ACIF, Industry Code ACIF C564:2004 Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure, 30 March 2006, www.acma.gov.au/webwr/telcomm/industry_codes/codes/c564_2004(1).pdf (accessed 20 April 2012).

[35]      Communications Alliance, Codes, http://commsalliance.com.au/Publications/all/codes/c564 (accessed 20 April 2012).

[36]      Mr John Stanton, Chief Executive Officer, Communications Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 14.

[37]      Communications Alliance, Industry Code C564: 2011 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment, available: http://www.commsalliance.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/32634/C564_2011.pdf (accessed 1 May 2012), pp i–ii.

[38]      ACMA, About us, available: http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=ACMA_ROLE_OVIEW (accessed 1 May 2012).

[39]      Mr Mark Loney, Executive Manager, Operations Branch, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 41.

[40]      ARPANSA, About us, http://www.arpansa.gov.au/AboutUs/index.cfm (accessed 7 May 2012). 

[41]      Australian Radiation Protection and Safety Agency (ARPANSA), Supplementary Submission, pp 2–3.

[42]      Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998, section 20.

Chapter 3 - Discussion of key issues

[1]        For example see: Mr and Mrs Guy Maxwell, Submission 4; Mr Steven Green, Submission 10; Mrs Judy Thomas, Submission 11; Ms Jacqui Godwin, Submission 14; Mr Robert Taylor, Submission 15; Ms Bronwyn Johnstone, Submission 16; The Rivermouth Action Group Inc, Submission 17; Mrs Rhonda Hynes, Submission 18; Mrs Anthea Hopkins, Submission 23; Ms Wendy Taylor, Submission 29; and Ms Carol Parkinson, Submission 38.

[2]        For example see: Dr Jason Whitehead and Dr Fiona Taylor, Submission 2; Name withheld, Submission 7; Mrs Judy Thomas, Submission 11; Ms Joy O'Farrell, Submission 13; Ms Jacqui Godwin, Submission 14; Mr Robert Taylor, Submission 15; Ms Rhonda Hynes, Submission 18; Ms Rhonda Orso, Submission 19; Ms Ruth Valentine, Submission 20; Dr Don Maisch, Submission 22; Mr Enrico Grani, Submission 35; Ms Wendy McClelland, Submission 43; and Mrs Lynne McDonald, Submission 56.

[3]        For example see: Crown Castle, Submission 5; Telstra, Submission 8; Communications Alliance, Submission 21; AMTA, Submission 33; Optus, Submission 36; and Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Submission 46.

[4]        Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011, clause 12.

[5]        Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011, clause 14.

[6]        For example see: Mrs Anthea Hopkins, Submission 23; WHAAT! Submission 39; Mr Ian Gray, Submission 41; No Towers Near Schools, Submission 48; and TAG, Submission 51.

[7]        WHAAT! Submission 39, p. 8. 

[8]        WHAAT!, Submission 39, p. 3.

[9]        Mrs Anthea Hopkins, Submission 23, p. 5.

[10]      Ms Sue Hetherington, Group Facilitator, WHAAT!, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 7.

[11]      See Telstra Corporation, Submission 8; AMTA, Submission 33; Optus, Submission 36; and Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Submission 46.

[12]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 30.

[13]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 33.

[14]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 32.

[15]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 32.

[16]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 32.

[17]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 33.

[18]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 30.

[19]      Telstra, Submission 8, p. 3.

[20]      Telstra, Submission 8, p. 3.

[21]      Telstra, Submission 8, p. 11.

[22]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 31.

[23]      Telstra, Submission 8, p. 8.

[24]      Telstra, Submission 8, pp 8–9.

[25]      DBCDE, Submission 42, p. 8.

[26]      DBCDE, Submission 42, pp 7–8.

[27]      Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011, para. 12(1A)(a).

[28]      TAG, Submission 51, p. 4.

[29]      Ms Anthea Hopkins, Submission 23, p. 5.

[30]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 20.

[31]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 20.

[32]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 20.

[33]      See Ms Sue Hetherington, WHAAT!, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 1–2; Mrs Anthea Hopkins, Committee Hansard, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 2; Mr Ian Bullock, TAG, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 4–5; Mr Ian Gray, No Towers Near Schools, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 6–7 and Ms Sharon Adlam, Submission 45, p. 3.

[34]      Mr Ian Bullock, TAG, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012,

[35]      See for example Mr Ian Gray, Submission 41, p. 1 and TAG, Submission 51, p. 4.

[36]      Mr John Stanton, Chief Executive, Communications Alliance, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 13–14 and Mr Chris Althaus, AMTA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 14–15.

[37]      Mr Mark Loney, Executive Manager, Operations Branch, ACMA, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 39.

[38]      ACMA, Answers to questions on notice, 12 April 2012, p. 3.

[39]      Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011, clause 2.

[40]      Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011, clause 2.

[41]      See for example Dr Jason Whitehead and Dr Fiona Taylor, Submission 2; Mr and Mrs Guy Maxwell, Submission 4; EMR Australia, Submission 6; Mrs Judy Thomas, Submission 11; Ms Ruth Valentine, Submission 20; and Mr Enrico Grani, Submission 35.

[42]      Mr Ray McKenzie, Program Manager, Mobile Carriers Forum, AMTA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 13.

[43]      ARPANSA, Supplementary Submission, p. 2.

[44]      ARPANSA, Radiation Protection Standard – Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields – 3 kHz to 300 GHz, available: http://www.arpansa.gov.au/pubs/rps/rps3.pdf (accessed 2 May 2012), p. 7.

[45]      Dr Lindsay Martin, Manager, Non-ionising Radiation Section, ARPANSA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 33.

[46]      Mr Mark Loney, Executive Manager, Operations Branch, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 42.

[47]      Mr Mark Heazlett, Acting First Assistant Secretary, NBN Implementation Division, DBCDE; Mr Mark Loney, Executive Manager, Operations Branch, ACMA; and Mr Philip Mason, Assistant Secretary, NBN Regulation, NBN Implementation Division, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 45–47.

[48]      DBCDE, Answers to questions on notice, 12 April 2012, p. 1.

[49]      DBCDE, Answers to questions on notice, 12 April 2012, p. 2.

[50]      Mr Mark Loney, Executive Manager, Operations Branch, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 42.

[51]      Mr Mark Loney, Executive Manager, Operations Branch, ACMA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 43.

[52]      ACMA, Answers to questions on notice, 12 April 2012, p. 2.

[53]      Ms Anna Castellano, Community Representative, No Towers Near Schools, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 3–4.

[54]      Dr Lindsay Martin, Manager, Non-ionising Radiation Section, ARPANSA, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, pp 31–32.

[55]      ARPANSA, Answer to question on notice, 12 April 2012.

[56]      Rianne Stam, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (The Netherlands), 'Comparison of international policies on electromagnetic fields (power frequency and radiofrequency fields)', May 2011, pp 9–10.

[57]      See for example AMTA, Submission 33, p. 7 and Telstra, Submission 8, p. 11.

[58]      Mr Adrian Beresford-Wylie, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 21. See also WA Department of Planning, Submission 28, p. 4 and Tweed Shire Council, Submission 52, p. 2.

[59]      Crown Castle, Submission 5, pp 3–4.

[60]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 7.

[61]      AMTA, Submission 33, p. 36.

[62]      Mr Adrian Beresford-Wylie, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), Committee Hansard, 12 April 2012, p. 26.

[63]      DBCDE, Submission 42, pp 6–7.

[64]      DBCDE, Submission 42, pp 6–9.

Appendix 3 - Low-impact facilities

[1]        Taken from the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997, available: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012C00177/Html/Text#_Toc320612714 (accessed 9 May 2012).