There have been many illegal dance parties held in the
surrounding areas over the years, and irresponsible operators brought to
account. Now the State Government has taken over management of the ATP and is
behaving like an overbearing dictator (as seen by points below) and refusing to
abide by the legal noise limits that everyone else in the area is expected to
adhere to. Advice has been received that:
1. the ATP offered one resident double glazing on his
windows and free tickets to the upcoming MTV awards. This can be taken as ATP
confirmation that noise cannot be controlled within the premises without
further acoustic correction on the building;
2. the on site acoustic technician in attendance on the
night of the March 18 function was requested by a resident to take noise
measurements from the resident’s premises. The acoustic technician declined to
do this;
3. the acoustic technician advised this resident that it was
extremely hard to measure noise for many reasons and he advised that noise
measurements taken from functions at the ATP have exceeded legal noise limits.
In view of the above I have requested that the Premier
direct the ATP to immediately cancel any proposed events at the Redfern site
that may exceed the legal noise limits expected from everyone else in the area
until the building is acoustically treated and residents can be assured noise
limits will not be exceeded at any time during an event.
Janice Murphy
Alexandria
Source: South Sydney Herald April 2008 – www.southsydneyherald.com.au