2018-02-05
The complainant has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome and is extremely sensitive to commercial weed spray. She claimed the respondent local council proposed to spray commercial weed spray along the border of her rural property and declined her requests to create a spray exclusion zone and/or to postpone the spraying to enable her to make temporary arrangements for alternative accommodation.
The council advised the spraying was required by the rural fire service and was already several years overdue, including due to requests by the complainant for postponement of spraying. The council advised the spraying would be conducted using a targeted drip method rather than a wide-range mist hose.
The complaint was resolved with an agreement that the council postpone the spraying for 5 weeks to enable the complainant to arrange alternative short-term accommodation.
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Discrimination type
Disability Discrimination Act
Grounds
Disability
Areas
Goods, services and facilities
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