UPDATE: Rental Fees for Communication Towers on NSW Crown Land

enadmin, 9th October 2014
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The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released a review of rental arrangements for use of communication towers on NSW Crown land. The review recommended an overhaul to the rent and subsidy structures for transmission towers on Crown Land.

 
The relevant government Departments are currently assessing how these recommendations would impact on community radio stations, and the CBAA is working to ensure that stations retain their status as ‘community groups’ under any new arrangements. 
 
To assist in this, the CBAA would love to hear from any stations that currently transmit from towers located on Crown Land. If this is you, please contact Joel Pringle on (02) 9310 2999 or via email.
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