Community Location:
Mooral Creek (including Mooral Creek Road and Warrawillah Road) 2429
Description of community needs:
High bushfire risk area and prone to flash flooding events. No mobile reception in this area. During the 2019/2020 bushfires, lives were threatened, homes and property were affected. There are only two roads in and out of the area, Mooral Creek Road and Warrawillah Road.
Both of these roads are unsealed, have multiple causeways, generally in poor condition and are prone to flood in storm events. The local school bus travels these roads each morning and afternoon.
Being stuck along the road with a flat tyre, damaged suspension, caught between two causeways during heavy storms, blocked by fallen trees and not being able to phone anyone.
State or Territory:
QLD
Community Location:
136 Geeberga Buthurra Road, Kattabul
Description of community needs:
The Dawson electorate is susceptible to natural disasters, high road fatalities and home to one of the largest agriculture producing regions in Queensland. As a regional area, the Dawson electorate has the Bruce Highway that runs directly through it and unfortunately is known as the worst Highway in Australia for fatalities. Telecommunications is extremely vital in ensuring road users can contact emergency services in the event of an accident. Dawson is also dependent on telecommunications for accessing support services during natural disasters. They play a vital role in managing and mitigating the impacts of natural disasters in the region.
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Marlee and Surrounds, 2429
Description of community needs:
High bushfire and flash flooding risk. Terrible mobile coverage, compounded by poorly maintained and unreliable land line network. Examples of landline being out of service for over a month, to only be reconnected and out again a week later after a rain event. More mobile towers, strategically placed to reduce blackspot areas, plus investment in the maintenance and upgrade of the landline infrastructure is urgently required to provide just basic phone services.
State or Territory:
VIC
Community Location:
Bolinda
Description of community needs:
Bolinda, located on Melbourne-Lancefield Road, 6 km south of Romsey, faces significant mobile black spots impacting safety and connectivity. With no reception at Bolinda Primary School, staff and students lack communication in family emergencies. Farmers are also unable to call for help in accidents. A black spot on Melbourne-Lancefield Road affects Romsey and Lancefield, preventing emergency calls in crashes. The area has a history of bushfires, heightening risks. Macedon Shire Council, Bolinda CFA, and Bolinda Primary School and the community support improved coverage to enhance safety and communication.
State or Territory:
QLD
Community Location:
72 Bradman Drive, Glenella
Description of community needs:
Residents and local farmers experience extreme difficulty in taking calls, sending messages and accessing internet services. In an event of a natural disaster could result in lack of access to information and placing additional pressure on emergency services. Telecommunications is extremely vital in ensuring road users can contact emergency services in the event of an accident on the notoriously dangerous Bruce Highway. It is also known that terrain impacts signal from towers and on large agricultural properties, loss of telecommunications hinders their productivity and knowing if they are hurt in the paddock, they can call for help.
State or Territory:
WA
Community Location:
Banjup WA 6164
Description of community needs:
As Perth’s southern districts continue to expand, it is vital that growing populations have access to stable mobile connection. Banjup is a high-risk bushfire area where access to emergency services is crucial to the community's safety. Residents have also expressed concern about poor mobile connectivity adversely affecting their work and education activities, and access to health services. Approximately 130 residences still rely on the ageing and unreliable copper NBN network. Secure mobile connectivity becomes more important every year, and Banjup residents need stable mobile connection to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
State or Territory:
QLD
Community Location:
Ironpot
Description of community needs:
Nature of the issue - State Road with traffic at 100km/h and frequent traffic incidents, mobile reception drops out completely.
Impacts of the issue - 10,000+ vehicle per day, unable to hold a phone call through the area.
Natural Disasters - area has been impacted by multiple natural disasters (cyclones and bushfire) in the last 10yrs.
Other relevant information - Rural Fire Brigade impacted by outages.
Area between Access Road 9 and Cabbage Tree Creek Road.
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Lorn, 2320
Description of community needs:
There is only one road in/out of Lorne. During flood events many people are redirected off the new England highway through Lorne, resulting in thousands of people sitting in their cars, bumper to bumper for hours with traffic at a standstill resulting in a possible life threatening situation. Mobile coverage in the area is deteriorating, due to congestion. Between 9.30 am through to 5.30 pm on daily basis, there is little or no mobile signal, with the situation improving in the evenings and early morning. Coverage deteriorates further in times of flooding event when many people are required to be diverted via Lorne.
State or Territory:
NSW
Community Location:
Wallabi point and Old Bar, 2430
Description of community needs:
High retirement population and holiday destination. Poor and unreliable mobile signal. Only one access road which is subject to flooding and has also been closed due to bushfire events. Despite assurances their mobile signal would improve with the closure of 3G, this has not been the case, and has rather deteriorated further. Reliable and accessible mobile coverage is not only necessary for everyday living in a modern society but can be critical during emergencies such a flooding event.
State or Territory:
QLD
Community Location:
69 Pringle Road, Woodwark
Description of community needs:
Residents and local farmers experience extreme difficulty in taking calls, sending messages and accessing internet services. In an event of a natural disaster could result in lack of access to information and placing additional pressure on emergency services. Telecommunications is extremely vital in ensuring road users can contact emergency services in the event of an accident on the notoriously dangerous Bruce Highway. It is also known that terrain impacts signal from towers and on large agricultural properties, loss of telecommunications hinders their productivity and knowing if they are hurt in the paddock, they can call for help.
