According to an acoustic consultant’s report, the sound would affect about 20 nearby homes and comply with both Canterbury-Bankstown Council requirements and the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s noise guidelines.
The report found the highest predicted noise level would be 53 decibels – roughly equivalent to the sound of a household refrigerator.
Absolutely taking the piss and who did this noise report? Who installs a bunch of speakers for it to output no louder than a refrigerator? for some reason guardian and ABC not talking about this
Churches have been ringing bells in Australia for 200+ years, why are we complaining when it’s a mosque all of a sudden?
I’m not much fussed about either calls to prayers or church bells. I find this double-standard annoying though where one religion can do it without criticism but not another.
I believe ringing of bells should not be equated with actual readings from Islam’s doctrinal beliefs, ringing in the ears of everyone daily.
tbf the only time I hear bells is the brisbane town hall for the time, outside of that church bells are very much a thing of the past for me
and I’m not entirely sure if the Church today said hey every Sunday for 15 minutes straight we’re going to be ringing a bell and annoying everyone in the neighbourhood they’d get a clean pass either, we’re a very different place than 100 years ago
I don’t know where the nearest Mosque to me is, I don’t get these calls. I do get bells from a couple of churches in the area, but yeah - not for 15 minutes. Do they really go that long? I can see an argument against that.
I’d get behind a standard that outlined how long a bell/prayer call can go for and how frequent/loud it can be. Something everyone needed to abide by. Everyone. Even Mr. Whippy or anyone who wanted to make a sound above a certain level. Regulate frequency and duration for all and I’m good.
But don’t single one religion out. That’s messed up.
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bells are rare and only last a few seconds
With the info upfront that I have zero issue with this: I disagree. The ones near home go off with each wedding, which is once or twice on a Saturday and for the service on Sunday.
During the week, I’m in town - where there are at least two cathedrals and one of them has rehearsals one afternoon a week where a team ring their bells for half an hour and they do it again for several minutes on Sunday, though I’m rarely around for that.
Plus we have assorted clocks around ringing away every hour (one goes off every quarter hour). And to add to the soundscape, there’s that Mr Whippy example I gave where that blasted pink van will roam all around for way longer than half an hour.
We’ll gloss over the vehicle noise, but that’s a constant as well.
So yeah, I have no issues with another religion adding to all that. And if someone does, then we introduce something to affect everyone.
Bells don’t ring for 15 minutes straight
Always gotta watch out for double standards and quickly check possible prejudices where-ever they arise. Very true.