Letters to the editor November 8, 2019

November 8 2019 - 3:30pm
A pole from The Sisters fire, St Patrick's Day 2018
A pole from The Sisters fire, St Patrick's Day 2018

Treatment 'heartbreaking'

Our fire started when a rotten pole hit the ground on March 17, 2018, St Patricks Day. As the days and months rolled by we met with Powercor, Energy Safe Victoria and the state Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio. It felt like the only time they told the truth was when you asked them their names. For a government to treat Victorian citizens in such a way is heart breaking. Country people have built communities, raised families and their ancestors have fought in every major conflict Australia has been involved in over the last 100 years. Uncle Kevin was a prisoner of war in the Second World War, he would be inconsolable knowing the people he was trying to protect would get treated so badly by a government we helped elect. When electricity came to The Sisters over 60 years ago, dad would shear sheep during the day as mum and my oldest brother would do the milking so they could pay for the electricity. It's time now for Powercor to pay their way. When Jeff Kennett dismantled the State Electricity Commission in the mid 1990s and introduced us to Powercor and the other companies, he set it up in favour of the power companies and left the victims to row without oars.

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