Election silver lining
The biggest loser of the State election 2019 in Port Stephens was not any candidate nor political party, but the promise of a "$600 million duplication of Nelson Bay Road in eight years" [by a Labor government].
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However, if the good Coalition government of Ms Berejiklian should prevail, the following may still happen:
1. Upgrade of Nelson Bay Road from the airport,
2. Fingal link road, and
3. Nelson Bay TAFE
This is just to name a few, and despite the fact that her local candidate was not elected.
By any means the Port has benefited from the election as a large amount of government fundings flowed to numerous community projects in the weeks before the election.
Ernest To, Medowie
Also read: Letters to the Editor, March 28
Research behind concerns
In response to Jeff Lee's letter [Examiner, letters, March 7] the people opposing the [Clark Street communications tower] have done a lot of research.
Did you know that 21 per cent of communications towers in NSW are operating at a level that the Australian auditing body, the AMCA says have "potential EME concerns"
For example, they are operating at levels that are possibly above Australian standards or sites that are breaching standards - set around sensitive sites, around schools/pre-schools etc?
(See www.acma.gov.au/Citizen/Spectrum/About-spectrum/EME-hub/eme-and-mobile-base-station-compliance).
Our community has found what we believe to be errors and discrepancies in Optus's DA application reports.
For example, stating that the childcare centre is 360 metres from the tower when in fact, we paid a surveyor to measure it accurately and it's only 300 metres - meaning a difference of 60 metres and a subsequent difference in radiation exposure when shown on the area of influence scale.
To my understanding not one cumulative impact study has been completed by the telecommunication applicants on the radiation created from three times the services (up to 24 transmitters) in the one location on the homes as close as 45 metres away?
How much research has Mr Lee done? Hours? Weeks?
Months or years (like we have)?
Would anyone still feel safe to have their family home under the tower?
We are not opposed to the service, we just think it should be further than 50 metres from bedroom windows and 300 metres from a a large childcare centre.
Shane Giffiths, Anna Bay
Also read: Letters to the Editor, March 14
Seizures: be prepared
Do you know what to do if someone has a seizure?
‘Purple Day’ (March 26) is a global initiative to raise awareness of the impact of epilepsy.
Epilepsy Action Australia would like to encourage the Australian community to learn seizure first aid in order to reduce the fear they may experience if someone has a seizure in front of them.
A series of animated seizure first aid videos for both children and adults can be viewed at www.epilepsy.org.au under ‘Purple Day’.
Seizure First Aid – Key Steps
· Stay with the person
· Keep them safe, removing anything that could hurt them
· Don’t try to restrain them
· Don’t put anything in their mouth
· Roll them onto their side once jerking/shaking subsides
· Reassure them until they have recovered
· Call an ambulance if the seizure lasts longer than five minutes.
Thank you for supporting Epilepsy Action Australia this Purple Day.
Carol Ireland, Epilepsy Action Australia
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