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

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      24 days ago

      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.