No Aircraft Noise, or more fully The Common Cause - No Aircraft Noise, was a minor

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n political party. It was dedicated to removing

noise pollution Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of them are harmful to a degree. The source of outdoor noise worldwide is mai ...

for residents of

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, which is generated by the city's three airports. The party suggested that the airports should be shifted to the edge of Sydney, away from the dense residential areas. The party's former adherents included Greens MLC

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. Among its best results was a primary vote of 23.65% and two party preferred vote of 39.55% in the electorate of

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in the 1995 state election and 13.61% in the inner-Sydney electorate of Grayndler in the 1996 federal election.Australian Electoral Commission - House of Representatives - New South Wales (1996)
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