A protest against a major energy transmission project planned for Central Victoria turned ugly this afternoon when nearly 100 farmers rallied with tractors against the controversial Western Renewables Link (WRL).
abc.net.au/news/ausnet-aemo-tractor-protest-rally/102123716A protest against a major energy transmission proposed for Central Victoria turned ugly this afternoon when nearly 100 farmers rallied with tractors against the controversial Western Renewables Link .
Organisers of the meeting and most of the local groups who attended were unaware there would be dozens of farmers and nearly 40 tractors waiting for them at the conclusion of the discussions. "It's inhumane and they ran off like scoundrels through the bushes and couldn't come out and face us," he said.
He said it was important the community rallied together against the WRL, but didn't expect the AusNet representatives would address the crowd. "The early afternoon meeting had been set aside as an hour-long event. Unfortunately, with the time we had available to us and with the number of people that arrived we had to excuse ourselves from the meeting.
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