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
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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