1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is the Deputy 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Opposition leader, Jared Maylee. 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Jared, Good. 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 3: Morning Katie, Good morning listeners. 5 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 2: Jared. 6 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: I know that that you have you have actually been 7 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: in contact with Telstra as well, haven't you. 8 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 3: That's great because this particular site's in my patch on 9 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 3: the member of Nelson and how River Park, where this 10 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 3: proposed tower is going to be is in my electorate. 11 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 3: So I've got a real concern about this and keeping 12 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 3: a close eye on it. 13 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: So what do you reckon needs to happen here? 14 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: Obviously the residents of the area are quite concerned about 15 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: this tower, and fair. 16 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 3: Enough, oh fair enough, I agree. The tower is going 17 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 3: to be located about a kay and a bit down 18 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 3: Bronswick Avenue on the left. There's a big drain where 19 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 3: Bilebon drains out and it's a bit of a conservation land. 20 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 3: But I decided that these houses which have been established 21 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 3: in our area for a long time. I wrote to 22 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 3: Telstra in early February saying, look, can you look at 23 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 3: a different location. There's one up on two twenty gun 24 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 3: Point Row which is near Setella, which is another and 25 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: I did a bit of a search on Google and 26 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 3: it's about seven hundred and fifty seven hundred eighty meters 27 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 3: as the crow flies from the location. And in that area, 28 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 3: there's no houses around it. It's sitting there on top 29 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 3: of a bit of a hill, and I can't see 30 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 3: why that wouldn't be a better location. 31 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: Does it come down. 32 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: To, you know, what is council land or are we 33 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: are these all council blocks? 34 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 3: No? Well, the land on Hotela Road, on Gunpoint Road 35 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 3: is owned by Empty Land Corps, which is really another 36 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 3: Gunman organization. So my guess is is it just as 37 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 3: Intel shuld have done with Vitual Council to organize and 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 3: discuss a leaf for that particular block of land, because 39 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 3: when we're not talking about a very big block of land, 40 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 3: you know, the area they're using is probably twenty by 41 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: twenty meters square, maybe a bit more, maybe fifty. It's 42 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 3: not a big area, and it's just the least a 43 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 3: big land And they put a tower up and forty 44 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 3: odd meters in the air. And because ultimately people around 45 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 3: Howard River Park and Gunpoint have got pour mobile offer. 46 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: So yeah, everyone has spoken to me says that they're 47 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 3: happy for the service to be upgraded and so they 48 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 3: shoot because they paid this so much money. Some that 49 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 3: lives in the city or some other urban area in 50 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: relation to their mobile service, but the service out there 51 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 3: is particularly poor, so people certainly support the idea of 52 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 3: upgrading the service. Just the tower seems to be in 53 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: the wrong location. 54 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. 55 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: Look, I'm surprised by the number of messages I'm getting 56 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: about this. I didn't realize how many people I know 57 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: actually live in this area and they are saying that 58 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: they're really quite concerned about it, like it's it's basically 59 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: in the backyard, and they don't think it's the best location. 60 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: Well, I agree, and I could understand if there were 61 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 3: no other locations and they kills you have done the homework. 62 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 3: But to me, and I'm not a radio technician expert, 63 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 3: but seven hundred meters moving to a different spot where 64 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: there's no houses around it. So if they do develop 65 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 3: that land into the future, if you choose to buy there, 66 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 3: and there's already how there, it's already there. It's not 67 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 3: like they're doing now where people who are in the 68 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 3: rural area for lifestyle and next minute there's a forty 69 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 3: meter tower punk twenty meters from their backyard. 70 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 2: I mean do you reckon. 71 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: The Council's just kind of gone though, yeah you can 72 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: do it here. It's our land, that's fine, and not 73 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: thought about how the feedback would be from locals. 74 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 3: Well, I'm not sure what process the council have done, 75 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: but it's certainly their land, and I know that Tilt 76 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 3: have gone to them and approach them about it. And 77 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 3: I don't know what research or what public confrontation the 78 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 3: council has done, but the Telster have put their little 79 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: purple sign up, and I know that they dropped some 80 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 3: paperwork around the houses around that area, and I know 81 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 3: in my news which I delivered to everyone area, I 82 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 3: put a little story in My Life on just before 83 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 3: Christians about the three proposed out because this tow is 84 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 3: only one of three that's going to go to the 85 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 3: rural area. There's one, and how it's bringing there's one 86 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 3: in Herbert as well, because Telsa's panned to increase mobile 87 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 3: coverage right across the rural area. Yeah, it's one at. 88 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: US well, and I'm certainly hearing as well from lots 89 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: of different people that they do want their coverage to 90 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: be better. So I think that you know, fundamentally, obviously 91 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: people are very happy for there to be better coverage 92 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: and happy for Telstra to do the work, but they 93 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: are obviously quite cocerned about having what they feel would 94 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: be a massive tower in their backyard or right there, 95 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: you know, in their backyards. 96 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 3: And I've asked Telfree in my correspondent to them saying, 97 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 3: if they do get approval from the development Consentitory, to 98 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 3: be a good corporate citizen and look at moving the 99 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 3: tower to a location where the public art right next 100 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 3: door to it, and if you do choose to buy 101 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 3: around that tower into the future. We're talking at the 102 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: moment now it's the old pine forest. It could be 103 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 3: twenty years before it gets developed. But by that stage 104 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 3: the tower will be there, and people choose to move 105 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 3: t extra tower, it's their choice. But right now, the 106 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 3: people at Howder River Park, especially around the area where 107 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 3: the proposed tower is, have got no choice there. They've 108 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 3: had this block that many have had it for many, 109 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 3: many years, and now they're going to plunk a tower 110 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 3: right in right in the middle of urban area or 111 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 3: the rural area you call it out here. 112 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: Well, Dereb, we are going to have to get ready 113 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: to wrap up. 114 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,679 Speaker 1: One thing I do want to ask you about though 115 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: I know that we spoke about this this morning during 116 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: the week, that was the fact that it has been 117 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: confirmed that the IKAK is looking into this situation at 118 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: TiO State. You have issued a pressure release towards yesterday 119 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: afternoon saying that you believe the Minister for Infrastructure, Planning 120 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: and Logistics must immediately stand down while that IKAK investigation 121 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: continues of the non compliance at TiO Stadium. Why do 122 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: you think she needs to stand down? 123 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 3: Well, this inquire needs to look at the whole picture 124 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: of what this whole circumstances around it. And I remember 125 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 3: back in August twenty twenty that the government put out 126 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 3: a pressingly saying the look at the certification of that 127 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 3: building back then, and that's what a year and a 128 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 3: half ago. And their answer to the problem is just 129 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 3: to make a declaration to make it exempt from a 130 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,119 Speaker 3: certificate occupancy. The average private person out there who builds 131 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 3: a house or builds another structure don't have the opportunity 132 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 3: to be able to just exempt that from the laws 133 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 3: that the government put in place. So efectively, the government 134 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 3: can't even comply with their own laws. And even is 135 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 3: the boss, she's the leader and you look at Gladdy 136 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 3: in New South Wales. As soon as there's an IK investigation, 137 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 3: she resigned. Another example is that Rio Tinto when the 138 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 3: those minds, these cases blown up by those minds, those directors, 139 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 3: they didn't push the debtonation button for they've all resigned 140 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 3: as well. So this is a clear lack of leadership Bayeva, 141 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 3: and she needs to take the sword. 142 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: I guess the difference is right now, so many of 143 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: us are kind of wondering exactly what she's being investigated for. 144 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: There's that lack of understanding right now. 145 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 3: Well, this is a classic example of no leadership and 146 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 3: no government come in say we're going to be open 147 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 3: and transparent. Well, here's an opportunity for last year and 148 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 3: a half to be open and transparent and give the 149 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 3: public the information because that venue gets used by thousands 150 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: and thousands of people on the weekends for sporting things. 151 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,239 Speaker 3: Is it safe? What's the problem? Why has it taken 152 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 3: over a year and a half to fix and their 153 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 3: fixes just to issue a decoration. Why don't fix the problem? 154 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: Well, Jared Maylee, we better leave it there. We are 155 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: fast running out of time. We appreciate your time this morning. 156 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 3: Sorry, thank you, Katie, thank you too.