But on July 19, 1974, The Canberra Times reported on the controversy around the tower when it got the OK to go ahead.

In 1974, the postmaster-general, Senator Reginald 'Reg' Bishop, told the Society for Social Responsibility in Science and the Committee to Save Black Mountain that the cabinet made several decisions to go ahead with the project.

He said that he would not raise the issue again in cabinet and told the associations that the only way the project would be stopped would be through the courts.

The opponents to the tower, known then as "Black Mountain Tower", said that the project's cost was double the initial budget of $6.3 million.

The postmaster-general was understood to admit that the project was more expensive than initially planned, although he did not say by how much.

Construction of the tower was eventually finished in 1980, and was unveiled by then prime minister Malcolm Fraser.

Opponents to the tower were not far off with their estimate, as the tower cost $16 million to build.

The tower is most commonly referred to as the "Telstra Tower", but was previously known as the "Telecom Tower."

The Telstra Tower is both a tourist attraction and a functional telecommunications tower.

It is home to Canberra's highest postbox, the Telstra Heritage Museum and it has a number of conference rooms and viewing platforms.

Until 2013, the Telstra Tower was home to a revolving restaurant, Alta.

The space remains empty.

See: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12218759