Author Archives: Stop Smart Meters Australia

Life-support patient disconnected | Herald Sun

Energy retailers are wrongfully disconnecting electricity customers at a rate that is causing concern to the Essential Services Commission.  Processes intended to protect customers from spur-of-the-moment disconnections are not being adhered to.  These processes include hardship assessment, payment advice and … Continue reading

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Is electromagnetic hypersensitivity real? | The Feed, SBS

A growing number of people are suffering from health problems, and they lay the blame at mobile phones, smart meters and wifi; an allergy to electromagnetic fields. See: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/432697924000/Is-electromagnetic-hypersensitivity-real-The-Feed

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Where’s Your Mobile Phone? – Monash University Survey

Opportunity for young women to participate in a short survey. Would you like to take part in a Monash University survey on how young women store, carry and use their mobile phones and their perception of risk? Monash is going … Continue reading

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Which meter do you trust?

Back in the good old days, before smart meters, before the privatisation of the Victorian Electrical system, there was the state government owned State Electricity Commission of Victoria.  The SECV was disbanded in 1993 as various private electricity companies (largely … Continue reading

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AusNet to pay $125 each to 230,000 customers for smart meter IT system glitch | Herald Sun

A POWER giant has to pay $28.75 million compensation to hundreds of thousands of customers with smart meters that are not functioning ­properly due to an “unstable” IT system. The 230,000 AusNet Services customers will each be paid $125 with … Continue reading

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Public submissions from Tasmania’s draft energy strategy are now available online

Submissions from the public on Tasmania’s draft energy strategy paper titled ‘Restoring Tasmania’s Energy Advantage’ are available for viewing online and can be found at: Tasmania’s Energy Strategy Submissions The majority of respondents raised concern regarding Tasmania’s vision, which includes … Continue reading

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Smart meter health surveys show striking symptom similarities

Two recent studies into the health impacts of wireless smart meters show striking similarities, despite having been conducted independently of each other and on separate sides of the world.  One survey was conducted in the USA and the other, a … Continue reading

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Inside the ‘quiet zone’, home to electrosensitives | Lateline

The tiny US town of Green Bank, West Virginia is in the ‘quiet zone’ – free from wireless communications due to the sensitivity of a high-powered telescope. That makes it attractive to ‘electrosensitives’ like Diane Schou – those who are … Continue reading

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Smart meters spiral | Herald Sun

Electricity smart meter fees have sucked up to $1000 from [Victorian] households….Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio did not directly answer why Victoria was the only state to order a digital meter rollout to homes and small businesses. Full article from Herald … Continue reading

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