Category Archives: Smart Meter

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

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters 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!

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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.

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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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Smart meter technology to drive up the costs of power | Sydney thetelegraph.com.au

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

THE cost of cooling your home and cooking dinner could double under a new Gillard government power proposal. Charging consumers more for electricity during the evening peak, and less at other times, is among a raft of “policy options” contained … Continue reading →

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Double-blind study: Radiation from Cordless Phone Base Station Affects the Heart

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

A study by Dr. Magda Havas and colleagues in the peer-reviewed European Journal of Oncology Library Vol. 5, 2010 shows that radiation from a digital cordless phone base station affects the heart in a double-blind provocation study. Click HERE to … Continue reading →

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