Telstra take City of Melbourne to Federal Court over out-of-home advertising dispute
Telstra has taken the City of Melbourne to the Federal Court as part of its battle with local councils over digital out-of-home displays.
The telco’s move follows the council referring Telstra and JC Decaux’s new phone booths to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal earlier this year claiming the large format digital adverting displays were subject to local government planning rules.
A Telstra payphone with a digital display in central Melbourne
‘low impact facility’? Another lawyers’ picnic. Another reason you avoid vague abstract words.
I believe the main purpose, is not advertising or offering a service its part of the 5G rollout in busy city precincts. They have 5G ariels in the small boxes on top. The kiosks and located roughly every 100m in city precincts. No safety studies have been carried out by Telstra or any other provider on the impact of 5G on humans, insect,.birds or vegetation. If you would like to find out more please follow your cities ‘Stop 5G support groups’ for up to date information on independent safety concerns.