June 5, 2020
South Burnett Regional Council has welcomed the announcement that a mobile phone tower will be erected at Cooranga North.
The tower is being funded through Round 5 of the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program.
Mayor Brett Otto said he applauded the efforts of local Federal member, David Littleproud, for helping secure the tower, and congratulated AGL for their advocacy on behalf of the Coopers Gap windfarm community.
“I know AGL made representations on behalf of the community to both Minister Littleproud and Minister Mark Coulton, and it is a great example of an ASX company really listening and responding to what the community needs,” Mayor Otto said.
“The tower is in Cooranga North but will potentially complement and service both the South Burnett and Western Downs Regional Council areas.
“Both Council and AGL representatives met with David Littleproud this week to discuss the project and pass on the community’s thanks.”
Division 6 councillor Scott Henschen also welcomed the announcement.
“It is hard for rural areas to get attention from communication utilities because there are not enough people in the limited mobile phone tower area to serve, so complementing this with commercial arrangements and government funding makes it more enticing and AGL is proactively doing this,” he said.
Coopers Gap Community Consultative Committee member Mick Cosgrove said the committee had moved a formal motion for Clare Wilkes, Senior Manager from AGL, to talk to governments of all levels on their behalf to see if a mobile tower could be secured.
“We think it is marvellous and we know Clare went to Canberra more than once on our behalf to meet with politicians and talk to different telcos about why we should have mobile towers,” Mr Cosgrove said.
He also praised Minister Littleproud for his efforts.
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