The petition of certain residents of the electorate of Kooyong draw to the attention of the House our concern that local planning authorities are not able to fully represent the wishes of local residents under the present Telecommunications National Code.

We therefore request that the House take the necessary steps to resolve the above issue and that a new Telecommunications National Code be introduced with more power for local councils so that the concerns of the community are taken into account and residents are fully informed of planned installations of mobile telephone towers and cabling for pay television.