Smart meter health concerns – A Current Affair

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

They call them smart meters but a growing number of homeowners disagree. They’re claiming the new power monitoring devices are actually bad for your health.

via Smart meter health concerns on MSN Video.

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I understand that Contract law requires CONSENT

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

“I understand that Contract Law needs CONSENT – I DO NOT Consent to a Smart
Meter being installed, and this is what I have done to stop it”. Click here to read more

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Moreland smart meter scare – Moreland Leader

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

MORELAND residents’ safety fears over smart meters have prompted Wills federal Labor MP Kelvin Thomson to investigate the electricity distributor installing them.

Mr Thomson last week wrote to distributor Jemena calling on it to look into claims it used inferior meters and tell him who tested the technology prior to installation in Pascoe Vale, Coburg, Glenroy, Hadfield and Coburg North.

>> Are you concerned about meters being safe? Post a comment below.

It comes amid confusion over whether the new meters are “exploding” after Jemena replaced 11 meters in the Moreland area, which it said were damaged by power surges and vandalism.

Mr Thomson wrote that he was “advised that the electronic switching component in your model is of poor quality and that it can fail, following a power surge event”.

Jemena spokesman Scott Parker said there was no basis for Mr Thomson’s claims. He said it was one of four distributors using Secure Australasia meters.

Mr Parker said Jemena and the National Association of Testing Authorities tested the meters, whose components were designed and tested to be compliant with 13 different Australian standards.

Broadmeadows Progress Association will call on Moreland Council to join its fight to halt the roll out of smart meters “until there is a satisfactory resolution to their safety”.

Spokeswoman Sonia Rutherford invited concerned residents to join its push at this week’s council meeting on March 14.

via YOUR SAY: Moreland smart meter scare – Local News – News – Moreland Leader.

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Safety of smart meters needs to be questioned – Bendigo Advertiser

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

I read with great pleasure the letter of February 25 headed “Smart meter critics need close examining”, by Michael Grounds of Strathfieldsaye, following my letter of February 24 headed “American academy opposes smart meters”.

It is clear from his letter that Michael Grounds has taken the trouble to find out what the academy has to say, and has made up his own mind about the questions raised about the health effects of radio microwave radiation from smart meters on the people of Bendigo, especially the young children, who are much more vulnerable to radio microwave radiation than adults, and who must live with the consequences of our actions, and of what we allow to happen.

I wrote the letter in an effort to urge people of Bendigo to find out for themselves about the effects of radio microwave radiation on their children and themselves.

Mr Grounds has set them an example. The full text of the letter from the academy appears on stopsmartmeters.com.au

For those seeking more information, try Smart Meters in Victoria: Information and Concerns-Version 2, on the same site.

Brian Clarke,

Castlemaine

via Safety of smart meters needs to be questioned – Opinion – Letters to the Editor – General – Bendigo Advertiser.

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Public Meeting – Citizens of Horsham & Wimmera Towns

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Citizens of Horsham & Wimmera Towns who are concerned about Smart Meters are invited to a Public Meeting.

Next Monday 12th March, 7pm at Horsham Sports & Community Club, Baillie St, Horsham Meeting hosted by local Stop Smart Meters Coalition members

“The Truth always finds a way of revealing itself, always.”

Update from this meeting

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UPDATE TO :Delegation to visit the Energy Minister!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

This is an update to the Delegation to visit the Energy Minister! of last week.

The Hon. Michael O’Brien, Minister for Energy and Resources, was nowhere to be found last Friday the 2nd of March when a delegation of over 20 representatives visited him at his electoral office.

Numerous letters of request, dating back to early December 2011, have been sent to Minister O’Brien, asking him to meet with representatives from community groups around Victoria concerned with the smart meter rollout. To date no reply had been received.

For this reason, a community delegation decided to visit Mr O’Brien’s electoral office (after being informed that Fridays are his electoral office days) to hand deliver another letter requesting that he meet with community representatives as a matter of urgency. A petition and resolution from a recent community meeting were also left with his office staff.

Despite two witnesses allegedly sighting Mr O’Brien in his office about half an hour prior to the delegation arriving, Mr O’Brien was nowhere to be found at 11:00 am.

When his electoral staff were asked if they knew where he was, they replied they didn’t know of his whereabouts. Not even his staff could explain where he was?

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Electric blues roll on in Hadfield – smart meters replaced with older, electronic models!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Eleni Kontogiorgis, Julie-Ann Connor and Sonja Rutherford inspect a smart meter (inset) that “exploded” at Hadfield Dental Group. PIC: SUSAN WINDMILLER

POWER company Jemena has removed smart meters from two Hadfield properties that it says are at risk of vandalism after meter “explosions” frightened residents.

The meters were two of 11 in the Moreland area that were replaced in the past fortnight after damage attributed to power surges and vandalism.

>> Are you worried about your safety near smart meters? Have your say below.

Jemena spokesman Scott Parker said smart meters were replaced at a dentist and medical centre in Geum St last Monday with “older, electronic” models to discourage further attacks.

Pascoe Vale MP Christine Campbell was inundated with calls from constituents seeking assurance that the new technology – now in more than a million Victorian properties – was safe.

Mr Parker said police were investigating suspected vandalism attacks on five meters after tests confirmed liquid on the failed devices did not come from inside.

He said a further six meters in Pascoe Vale were replaced after they “failed safely” following a power surge in January. Energy Safe Victoria is investigating.

In Parliament, Energy Minister Michael O’Brien said he was assured by Energy Safe Victoria that smart meters were not exploding, adding that the MFB found no evidence that smart meter malfunctions caused fires.

But Electrical Trade Unions secretary Dean Mighell said safety concerns were legitimate and meters should be mounted on flame-resistant boards.

via HAVE YOUR SAY: Electric blues roll on in Hadfield – Local News – News – Moreland Leader.

Meeting: Broadmeadows Progress Association Smart Meter Update Report and Discussion

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Broadmeadows Progress Association Smart Meter Update Report and Discussion

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

The Broadmeadows Progress Association invites concerns citizens of Victoria to

Smart Meter Update Report and Discussion
Wednesday March 7, 2012
7:30 pm

Broadmeadows Uniting Church Mission Care Centre
415 Camp Rd
Broadmeadows

The cause and associated safety problems of recent meter explosions is of great concern. Victorians must be aware of the facts and take necessary action to protect their welfare.

Please let people know about this evening, especially those who live in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. For more information contact John Rutherford 9309 6296

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If it does come in… i will have to look at moving from my unit..

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

When I heard they were coming to the area I went to all my neighbours and got them to sign the notice I posted on the meter box.  If I was in a house I would just lock the meter box but I am in a unit and little is said about how to protect a block.

On my lounge wall on the other side is 6 analogue meters – I don’t want 6 smart meters. I am really afraid how it will affect me. I work from home and am very sensitive. Under a body corp I can’t do very much as far as locking my meter or the meter box.

There is padlock on meter box that the utility companies use when they read the meter.  Do I cut the lock? Replace with my own? Will body corp have an issue with me? Probably? All the tenants I have spoken to don’t want it – the other residents don’t understand (it’s a big multicultural area here) I am worried they will make me sick and I don’t want 6 on other side of my wall… I feel powerless… any tips on what I can do?

So far its delayed for now. They came around month ago saw the notice and didn’t bother… but afraid it will still happen. I do rent but where I am is lovely. Except for this now. Does any other unit resident have any ideas on how to prevent the installation? If it does come in I will have to look at moving. Thanks.

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I am having heart palpitations, racing heart, head pain

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

I am having heart palpitations, racing heart, head pain and experience a surge that goes through my body making the whole of my insides shake-it stops and then it surges through again -all in the middle of the night. Why? Because my smart metre is on my bedroom wall. Some of us are more sensitive to these frequencies than others. I have heard some people can be pregnant and reach the birth without knowing they are pregnant! If I hold a mobile to my ear for 5 minutes I have experienced agonising burning inside my head which can last over an hour. I don’t need to read research because I know my body and I know how it responds when I feed it right and when I don’t. I know what is good for it and what is not. I know how it responds when there is interference in its electrical field. Why don’t we have a choice?! Who will pay the medical bills? I need mine removed sooner rather than later.

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