The Byron Shire Echo
ACT NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST The Byron Shire Echo • Volume 35 #19 • Wednesday, October 21, 2020 • www.echo.net.au 5G protests in Byron, while Best market councillors sit on fence Paul Bibby Ndiaye, reads, ‘Council… recognises recognised that the low impact facility complies ‘When one leg’s on one side of the with the current Australian govern- fence and the other leg is on the ment regulations in relation to emis- other side, you end up sitting on it.’ sion of electromagnetic energy’. This comment from Byron Council also requested a Councillor Michael Lyon aptly ‘commitment by a state or federal summarised the Council’s response government body to do a compre- to Telstra’s plans for a 5G upgrade hensive review of the cumulative close to two daycare centres in the impacts of the 5G technology’ and Arts and Industry Estate. asked who held responsibility for The proposed upgrade to the monitoring any such impacts. tower at 8 Acacia Street has drawn Finally, the Council indicated its strong objections from many locals ‘preference’ for fibre optic cable as living and working nearby, as well a ‘more equitable’ and less intrusive as 5G opponents across the Shire. technology for internet provision. But Byron Council’s feedback to Though the eight councillors Telstra on the issue was more about present at the meeting voted for fence-sitting than fighting for a cause. the motion, it did not appear to There were stark divisions align with the stated positions of among councillors during a lengthy any of them. debate at last week’s Council planning meeting, and in the end Mayor supports 5G they unanimously avoided taking Earlier, Labor councillor Paul Congrats to the Mullum Farmers Market, who have won the Delicious Magazine national award for Australia’s a position on whether or not the Spooner unsuccessfully moved Best Farmers Market.
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