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Smart metering? Dumb solution
Frontier Economics reviews costs and benefits of smart metering The implementation of smart metering in Australia is currently the focus of considerable attention. The Federal Government’s recent...
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Digital [smart] meters not so smart | Star Dandenong
CITY of Greater Dandenong is planning to refuse smart meters on council property, with one councillor questioning whether they’re “an electrical form of asbestos”. Residents concerned about the health...
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Smart meters too costly – 6PR Radio Interiew Perth
Economic experts are calling the federal government’s push for smart metering the wrong move for consumers. Paul Murray spoke to Danny Price from Frontier Economics Australia who says the required...
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Smart meters, but at whose expense?
THE introduction of smart meters in Victoria may have been a costly exercise for consumers but it has proven an impressive money spinner for a handful of Australian entrepreneurs. Cameron O’Reilly,...
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NSW Smart Meter Taskforce Discussion Paper | Have Your Say
The NSW Government recognises the burden that increasing power bills are placing on households and is working hard to reduce the impact of those price rises. As part of our plans to slow upward...
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I burst into tears because I can’t sleep….
Hi, I had a smart meter placed on the wall of my bedroom approx 12 months ago. When it was installed I complained that I could hear “an electrical buzzing “. I called SP Ausnet and they told me it was...
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Smart meter charges ‘too big’
Too much: Smart-meter rollout annoys regulator. Photo: Ben Rushton IN A bid to stop overspending on the electricity network, SP AusNet has been blocked by the Australian Energy Regulator from hiking...
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Legal Advice Reminder
Over the past month, with the apparent approval of the Baillieu Government, especially its Minister for Energy and Resources, Hon. Michael O’Brien, power distributors in Victoria seem to have increased...
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Not very smart | Star Dandenong News
CITY of Greater Dandenong is continuing a campaign against smart meters, despite legal advice that they can’t stop them from being installed. At their Monday 25 February meeting, councillors agreed to...
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What is it about smart meters that I believe is making me very sick with...
Walking through Melbourne’s CBD today with EMR reader, I could see that the city is being absolutely irradiated with blankets of Electromagnetic Radiation from microwaves. This would be from many...
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Anti-Smart Meter March – 5 May
Filed under: Smart Meter Tagged: Smart meter, smart meter protest, Victoria
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Smart Meters in Victoria: Information and Concerns UPDATED
Reblogged from Stop Smart Meters Australia: Smart Meters in Victoria: Information and Concerns Version 3: Updated March 2013 Read more… 15 more words This is an updated paper that gives an overview of...
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Can Jemena be accused of intimidating and threatening their customers?
Many Jemena customers have recently been sent a letter advising them that they must allow the installation of a smart meter. In short the letter states. This compulsory meter exchange is Government...
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A chance to have your say against corporate control of your appliances!
The Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (E3) has announced a further extension for submitting submissions in response to its Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) on Mandating ‘Smart...
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HOW THE UK IS DEALING WITH SMART METERS (A LESSON IN DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS FOR...
It has already been posted previously on this website, February 2012, that in response to concerns about health and privacy by British backbenchers, the UK Government decided that the smart meter...
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ACMA: Making Money at the Expense of Public Health
Taking a Stand Part 5 Several months ago I wrote a letter to Chris Chapman, CEO of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) because the ACMA has the responsibility to regulate RF...
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When ‘Smart’ Meters Kill: The Story of Larry Nikkel
The following text below is an excerpt from a story posted by Joshua Hart, Director StopSmartMeters.Org in the United States. “Details have come to light of a man killed by a Pacific Gas and Electric...
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THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT: MANDATING AN UNLAWFUL ACT AND CREATING A POTENTIAL...
Occasionally SSMA receives letters from the public in relation to smart meters and the actions they have taken. We thought this letter deserves sharing. The writer of this featured letter developed...
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When Health Issues are not the responsibility of a Health Department – How...
Taking a stand Part 6 – Taking the Chief Health Officer of Victoria to task While I was in correspondence with ARPANSA over Australia’s questionable RF standards, I decided I would send a please...
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Power switch may mean smart meter cost unless ‘metering competition’ is...
VICTORIAN households and small businesses risk being charged up to $140 for a new smart meter if they switch retailers. Rules allowing only distributors, rather than retailers, from installing or...
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