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