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A small crowd gathered in the rain outside the South Burnett Pistol Club in Redmans Road in February to protest against the erection of the proposed 5G tower at the site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 13, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amplitel, part of the Telstra Group, has filed a Notice of Appeal with the Queensland Planning and Environment Court in relation to its application to build a new mobile base station near Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

Telstra Regional General Manager (Queensland) May Boisen said the proposed site on Redmans Road was the best available in terms of meeting Telstra\u2019s technical needs and having access to a location to build a base station.<\/p>\n

“Telstra knows the importance of good mobile coverage for regional Australians,” Ms Boisen said.<\/p>\n

“Demand for data on our mobile network is increasing by 30 per cent each year and nationally each day we have about 60 million calls and 40 million SMS travelling across our network.<\/p>\n

“With this new site, Telstra is seeking to improve overall mobile and data coverage and call capacity to east of the Kingaroy township.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Our existing infrastructure is experiencing congestion from high mobile phone and wireless internet usage and what we are proposing will greatly improve call quality, network capacity and overall performance.<\/p>\n

“It will also provide additional Telstra coverage along the D\u2019Aguilar Highway towards Coolabunia and Triple Zero connectivity for users of other providers where there is no coverage.”<\/p>\n

The Planning and Environment Court appeal was discussed in a Confidential section of the South Burnett Regional Council’s Liveability, Governance and Finance Standing Committee Meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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