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Radio Quiet Zone
Presentation by
Steve Douglas - A/ Chief Executive Officer
Tony Brooker - Board Member
Mileura
Proposal to declare a Radio Quiet Zone at
Mileura Station
Mileura
Threats and OpportunitiesTHREATS• Constraints on radio ‘noise’• Community concerns
OPPORTUNITIES• Smarten the Mid West• Fibre optic communications - bandwidth-• Tele-education and tele-health• Tourism• Jobs in construction, in maintenance and in security• High Tech facilities attracts others
Russ Taylor Secretary International SKA Siting Committee
A high point at Mileura
Dr Michelle Storey Mr Matchem Walsh Pastoralist, Mileura
PortRoad Network
Airport
Airport
Airport
‘SMARTER’ Mid West
• Higher education institutions
TAFE / GUC - site for SKA.• Separation Point Marine Precinct• Defence Communications
Establishment
Indigenous Community Support
Major SandersonWA Governor
Ike SimpsonPia Wadjarri Elder
Boppo SimpsonChairman, Pia Wadjarri
Patrick Mullaley MWDC
Pia Wadjarri - Waterhole
Local Government Support
• Cue, Meekatharra, Mt Magnet and Murchison
• Cue Parliament support
Mid West Development Commission Support
• Working in partnership with Office of Science and Innovation and CSIRO.
• Hosting of the 2003 SKA International Conference.
• Established and maintaining links with Pia Wadjarri
• Organised the SKA Indigenous Art Exhibition and Interpretation.
Summary• Technical / scientific approved
• Infrastructure available
• Community Support
• Indigenous Community Support
• Local Government Support
• Mid West Development Commission Support
• WA Government Support
The Mid West has many quiet places
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