Author Archives: Stop Smart Meters Australia

Join the Rebellion Page updated & Form Letter

Through this site we have received comments from many people detailing the steps they are taking to prevent their Smart Meter installations. And so we have updated the Join the Rebellion Page with some of these steps and uploaded a basic Form … Continue reading →

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No sign of savings with electricity meters plagued by problems | Herald Sun

TWO out of five electricity smart meters are not fully working despite Victorians paying $100-$220 in meter fees each year. A Herald Sun analysis has exposed problems with the rollout of the devices, raising fears they may end up costing … Continue reading →

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Smart meter hostility surge – Casey Weekly

A CRANBOURNE woman says she will continue to resist having a smart meter installed in spite of a government review recommending that the roll-out remain. The review, which included an independent cost-benefit analysis, dismissed health and safety concerns and concluded … Continue reading →

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Hackers rewrite smart meter power bill – SC Magazine Australia

Two German researchers have exploited security holes in a smart meter service to alter energy consumption rates, expose privacy flaws and determine what movies consumers had watched. Dario Carluccio and Stephan Brinkhaus demonstrated the flaws with German energy company Discovergy … Continue reading →

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Stop Smart Meters Australia now has new address!

our web address is now http://www.stopsmartmeters.com.au Please take a look at How to use this site You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

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Our goal – Smart Meter free homes

We wish everyone out there a happy New Year free of smart meters in our homes and neighbourhoods. Though the fight against smart meters in 2011 has been challenging, the scale of the grassroots resistance that has come together in the face … Continue reading →

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Scaled the outer fence and trespassed on our property!

We were informed by a peremptory letter from CitiPower that Smart Meters would be installed in our area, 17-30 December, that we must expect power interruption for 30-60 minutes at our property, and that we would only receive information about … Continue reading →

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Power surge to price surge: prepare for an expensive education, says expert

A normal meter (left) and smart meter. VICTORIANS need to urgently educate themselves about the looming surge in electricity prices this year, or face bills so high many will struggle to pay them, the chief of an energy price comparison … Continue reading →

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HOPE of better health from lessened Radio Waves.

Can we stop this RF wave of madness? Smart Meters, Wi-Fi? Mobile Phones? “YES WE CAN!” said ‘O’, but now his policies are failing by the day. In all reality? No, I think not, unless you wanna live in Sweden … Continue reading →

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Meters are coming, it’s a matter of when – Wodonga & North East – The Border Mail

ELECTRICITY supplier SP AusNet is still unable to say when it will roll out more digital smart meters in Wodonga and the North East. About 1200 meters have been installed at Wodonga, Beechworth, Bright, Mount Beauty, Towong and Rutherglen. An … Continue reading →

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