A Senate inquiry into the impact and mitigation of aircraft noise has highlighted the limitations of existing regulations to effectively deal with aircraft noise.
The Senate inquiry into the impact and mitigation of aircraft noise has released its report after months of submissions making up to 21 recommendations.The Senate inquiry into the impact and mitigation of aircraft noise has highlighted the limitations of existing regulations to effectively deal with aircraft noise .
The report highlighted while aircraft must comply with noise standards to fly in Australia, no regulation or legislation set out maximum noise levels allowed in affected communities or enabled an agency to monitor or enforce these levels. Some aircraft are exempt from noise regulations, such as hot air balloons, and propeller-driven aircraft used exclusively for aerobatic, firefighting, agricultural or environmental purposes.The committee said that governments, planners, airlines, airports and other stakeholders play a role.
Airservices collected noise data but acknowledged it was not done to determine if planes were compliant with aircraft noise regulations. "Individuals can be impacted differently. Some groups of people may be at greater risk of detrimental health impacts from aircraft noise exposure, including children, the elderly, people with disabilities or medical conditions, and people with pre-existing mental illness."Fareeha Ibrahim, who is a resident of Albany Creek, which is a suburb about 14 km from Brisbane Airport, told the committee about the increased stress caused by aircraft noise.
Hobart resident Dr Amelia Hagger said noise from the nearby airport had forced her to sell her home, which had been in the family for three generations. "The noise envelope approach would allow airports to balance any growth in flight numbers with improvements in aircraft-generated noise," the report said.
The committee has highlighted the lack of a clear compensation scheme for communities impacted by aircraft noise.The airlines with the nosiest and most polluting planes were expected to pay a charge up to five times higher than aircraft that were quieter and less polluting.
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