Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

Government agency incorporated under the Health and Ageing portfolio and is
charged with the responsibility for protecting the health and safety of both
people and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation (ionising and
non-ionising).

All nbn installations are designed and certified by qualified professionals in
accordance with all relevant Australian Standards. This helps to ensure that the
nbn facility does not result in any increase in the level of risk to the public.

This facility is to be operated in compliance with the mandatory standard for
human exposure to EME – currently the Radio communications (Electromagnetic
Radiation Human Exposure) Standard 2003. The EME Report associated with this
site is attached in Appendix E. The report shows that the maximum predicted
EME will equate to 0.089% of the maximum exposure limit. This is
approximately 1,123 times below the maximum allowable exposure limit (where
100% of the limit is still considered to be safe).

Moreover, all nbn equipment has the following features, all of which help to
minimise the amounts of energy used and emitted:
   •      Dynamic/Adaptive Power Control is a network feature that automatically
          adjusts the power and hence minimises EME from the facility.
   •      Varying the facility’s transmit power to the minimal required level,
          minimising EME from the network, and
   •      Discontinuous transmission, a feature that reduces EME emissions by
          automatically switching the transmitter off when no data is being sent.


          Access

The proposed facility will have restrictions aimed at preventing public access,
including a secured compound fence with a locked gate and warning signs placed
around the facility.


8.12 The Public Interest and the Benefits of Telecommunications
The proposed nbn facility is expected to have significant benefit for residents in
the Cooroibah area. nbn believes that the public interest would be served by
approval of the proposal, given benefits for enhanced internet coverage in the
area. The facility is expected to have benefits for local residents and businesses
within the district.




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