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A 12-YEAR-OLD Windermere resident has said she would be devastated if her family is forced to move because of a proposed NBN tower opposite her home. If approved the tower will be the Ballarat region’s NBN transmission hub.It will include a 30-metre pole, a parabolic dish antenna, three panel antennas and an equipment shelter at ground level plus a protective fence. But many residents in the area are against the structure to be built on a 21-hectare site at Lot 2, Remembrance Drive, Windermere, off Madden Road.Perri Polson said her family had moved to the area from the city for space, the view and a cleaner environment.“We have spent many years establishing a nice garden and making our house to a higher standard,” Perri said. “I would be devastated if we had to move.”In an open letter, Perri urged the landowner of Remembrance Drive to reconsider allowing the land to be used for the tower.“Please rethink your placement of this NBN tower,” she said. Perri said she was scared the tower posed many health risks including cancer. “As a 12-year-old girl, I have rights, as do other children and teenagers,” she said.“One of those rights is to live in a safe place.“I feel that if the tower is built, where we are living won’t be safe with radiation being emitted.”Perri said she was also concerned about the tower’s affects on the environment.“The atmosphere is already polluted, why make it worse?” she said.“The tower is a health risk to the wildlife as well. We have a lot of pretty birds like barn owls, ibis and wedge-tail eagles.”The radiation from the tower, she said, could also affect people with small veggie patches, big crop paddocks or stock.The tower, she said, would also spoil the residents’ view of Lake Burrumbeet.The landowner could not be reached for comment.Follow @NeelimaChoahan

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