Tully Coastguard Radio Installation, Mount Mackay

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
James Wickerson
35 Luff Street
HULL HEADS QLD 4854
Total Signatures - 1,002
Sponsoring Member: Andrew Cripps MP
Posting Date: 16/2/2017
Tabled Date: 16/2/2017
Responded By: Hon Mark Bailey MP on 23/3/2017
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The petition of citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House that the Tully Coastguard has a radio installation co-located with Ergon Energy infrastructure on top of Mount Mackay – east of Tully – but that Ergon Energy now wants $10,000 upfront and an annual fee of more than $10,000, which is beyond the Tully Coastguard's budget.

 

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to: require the Minister for Energy to intervene and direct Ergon Energy to withdraw the requirement for the Tully Coastguard to pay to continue to co-locate its radio installation on top of Mount Mackay in recognition of the vital community safety service it provides to all vessels in the Cassowary Coast Region.