Piss Off Ausnet supports renewable energy and wants green energy generated in Western Victoria and to be connected to the rest of the state.

BUT green energy shouldn’t come at the cost to our natural environment! Overhead powerlines are unsafe, inefficient and will destroy our precious landscape.

As we have seen in recent weeks with the massive storms across our state, overhead powerlines fail when put under such stress. Strong winds, storms, fires… all cause massive infrastructure failures.

We want our politicians to stand up for our environment and our rich agricultural areas and PUT THE POWERLINES UNDERGROUND and down the Western Highway!

Federal Member For Ballarat Catherine King (now Infrastructure Minister), State Mp Michaela Settle, and former State Member for Ripon Louise Staley have both come out in support of Pissoffausnet and back the move for Down the Western Highway Underground. 

During the State election camapign and once elected new Labor Member for Ripon Martha Haylett has been vocal in her opposition to the project too.

Underground transmission might be more expensive to install, but it’s safer and more efficient. And it is proven to be of equal cost over the life of the project.

Why not build something better for future generations, whilst protect the food bowl of the central highlands.

Despite these facts, communities from the Ararat region to Sydenham have been told there’s no other way – that AusNet’s massive towers and giant terminal station are the only solution.