Letter of the week!

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Stop Smart Meters Australia receives copies of numerous letters addressed to power distributors from people who are refusing installation of smart meters. We thought this letter deserves sharing…….

The letter was sent to us with this introduction:

“We and our neighbours have received letters saying they will notify us when the smart meter install is supposed to happen. We and our neighbours are telling them what we think (see our letter below).  We have had to protect our properties, and our neighbours are all determined not to have a smart meter.

This  whole campaign is now going to take the form of defending our health which is unbelievable in a democratic country.  A friend who was recently verbally bullied via a phone call from a power distributor was proof of whats happening in a so called democracy when we have to defend the rights of our families.”

Letter Sep 2012

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Former smart meter installer suffers from electro hypersensitivity (EHS)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

I am writing this letter in the hope of spreading awareness concerning my experiences in what I now know to be a hyper-sensitivity to EMF radiation.  So far as I can tell some of what I have experienced is fairly new territory in terms of medical knowledge and the effects new technology can have on the public. I hope that this letter will help others to realise similar problems and get on the bandwagon to prevent what will inevitably be (in my mind at least) perhaps the equivalent of a 21st century plague.

I am 23 years old, up until this experience I was a fairly ordinary young male but after what I have been through, I honestly don’t think I will ever be the same again………

A full copy of this letter can be found at: J O’s Letter

 

 

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Diggers Rest Smart Meters Public Meeting

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Correction: Diggers Rest Bowling Club, Old Calder Highway, Diggers Rest

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Mornington Peninsula acts on smart meters | Peninsula Weekly

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

No entry: Tamara Hicks has locked up her meter box to prevent a smart meter being installed. Picture: Gary Sissons

ANTI-smart meter activists packed a Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meeting last month as councillors raised concerns about the compulsory installation of the meters.

After a heated debate and amid cheers from the gallery, the council resolved to write to Premier Ted Baillieu requesting that Energy Minister Michael O’Brien urgently meet community group representatives concerned about the smart meter roll out.

An amendment was also passed for the council to ask Health Minister David Davis to initiate and carry out a thorough investigation into the implications on health and well-being among people exposed to electromagnetic radiation emitted from the smart meters.

The original motion was put forward by Cr Leigh Eustace, who attended a public meeting on smart meters in Seaford on August 9.

Cr Tim Rodgers also attended the meeting and was passionate about raising the concerns over smart meters, despite allegations by another councillor that it was an election tactic.

“This is the disease of the 21st century,” he said, likening the side effects allegedly linked to smart meters to asbestos and the tobacco industry.

Cr Rodgers said he had heard from people who, just 30 minutes after smart meters had been installed, had suffered ill effects, including nausea and headaches from the electromagnetic radiation. “We need to say this isn’t right and we need to get rid of it right now,” he said to applause from members of the gallery.

Speaking to the Weekly, Rosebud resident Tamara Hicks said the installation of smart meters in her street had reduced her quality of life. “I can’t even sit here and have my breakfast with that noise going,” she said.

“I have had the skin rash, red face and hands, heart palpitations, waking up every hour and there is a constant ringing sound. It has made my fridge rev and my washing machine hum. Even my solar lights have been pulsating.”

Ms Hicks said she had been forced to move furniture in her house away from her neighbour’s smart meter so she could sleep at night.

“I have locked up my meter box to prevent the power company installing a smart meter. I’m not having one, because I don’t want any more radiation in here.”

Read the rest via Mornington Peninsula acts on smart meters | Peninsula Weekly – Western Port Weekly.

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Castlemaine smart meter battle should be praised | Bendigo Advertiser

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

I wish to congratulate you and reporter Josh Fagan on the recent story about Brian Clarke in Castlemaine and his opposition to having a smart meter installed at his house.

Mr Clarke is a courageous individual for daring to stand up for his health and safety, as well as his rights as an individual consumer against the considerable propaganda and spin put out by the authorities in regard to the “safety” of smart meters.

Here in Daylesford, there are many who are fighting the same battle. But for the most part our stories have been ignored by the local journel, The Advocate, which appears to consider this issue not worthy of being reported in the local press, for whatever reason.

Thank you Bendigo Advertiser and Mr Fagan for having the courage to report on a controversial local issue.

Zachary Casper,

Daylesford/Glenlyon

via Castlemaine smart meter battle should be praised | Bendigo Advertiser.

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Bunswick and Coburg Smart Meter Public Awareness Meetings

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

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Copy of the City of Greater Dandenong motion that registers its opposition to smart meters and investigates possibility of supporting a class action:

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

On Monday September 24, the City of Dandenong passed the following motion at its Ordinary Council Meeting:

That Council:

1. formally registers its opposition to the installation of “smart meters” within the municipality based upon documented environmental and human health and safety concerns;

2. respects and supports the rights of individuals to be able to “opt-out” of the installation of smart meters; and

3. in principal and after an officers’ report is received by Council identifying legal costs, further commits to supporting, through the Municipal Association of Victoria, a Victorian class action against the roll out of the smart meters based upon extensive international scientific research which empirically questions the safety of the equipment.

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Council oppose meters | Star Dandenong | Star News

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

GREATER Dandenong council will formerly oppose the installation of smart meters in the municipality but doesn’t have the power to block the introduction.

Councillor Peter Brown moved a motion at Monday night’s council meeting to formerly oppose the installation of the meters, support individuals’ rights to opt out and support any future legal action undertaken by the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV).

However, the decision has no weight as the State Council voted against any MAV action.

Mount Alexander Shire Council submitted a motion to the MAV’s State Council on 20 September proposing the MAV investigate any health problems associated with smart meters and to take any appropriate action but the motion was not passed meaning no action will be taken by the MAV.

Cr Paul Donovan opposed the motion on Monday because he felt it held no weight.

“I raise an objection over the wording,” he said.

“It is only tokenistic.”

Cr Brown said the council needed to have its opposition recognised in policy should any legal action take place in the future.

“It is underlying and supporting our opposition to smart meters in so far as MAV actively pursuing this matter on behalf of councils,” he said.

“We do support other councils who have opposed (the installations).”

Cr Brown said residents should not be forced to have the meter boxes installed.

He used examples of councils in the United States and United Kingdom which have successfully lobbied for residents to choose whether to have the meters installed.

Cr Brown said he was concerned about health problems, particularly for the many apartment buildings being constructed in the local area.

“All the little meter boxes are lined up waiting for someone to come in and read them, just imagine the sheer volume of electromagnetic field that surrounds that particular unit,” he said.

“I certainly wouldn’t want my bedroom right beneath the meter box.

“If people want to opt out of being radiated, the can and they should.”

via Council oppose meters | Star Dandenong | Star News Group Local News, Sport, Entertainment.

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Notice of Motion was passed at City of Whittlesea’s general meeting.

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Last night Cr Lalios moved a notice of motion, seconded by all against smart meters except for one Councillor.

This is what was passed.
That council:

1. Write to the relevant Minister of the Victorian Government requesting that the continued installation of smart meters within the City of Whittlesea be a voluntary process for residents.
2. That council acknowledge residents democratic right to decide, without retribution, if they wish to have, or not have smart meters installed on their property.

The motion passed without dissent.

Regards
City of Whittlesea Smart Meter Awareness Group

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The not so smart, smart grid: Potential security risks associated with the deployment of smart grid technologies

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

The electricity grid has been up until now a relatively stable artifice of modern industrialized nations. The power grids are the most widespread wired networks in the world. They are heavily regulated and standardized to protect the integrity, stability and reliability of supply. The grids have been essentially closed systems, this is now rapidly changing with the introduction of the network enabled smart meter. These meters are “web” accessible, connect and interact directly with electrical appliances in domiciles and businesses. This move now brings a range of extreme risks and complexities into these stable networks. This paper explores the security issues and potential problems associated with current moves to provide these smart meters to existing grid connections.

Craig Valli, Edith Cowan University

Full research paper found at: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=adf

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