Power Struggle: 17-year-old farmer fighting energy giant to save family farm
Farmers from all over the Central Highlands share the sentiment to energy distributor, AusNet. But they have been unresponsive to the concerned locals. "There's been nothing, they haven't got back to us on anything," Ms Aganetti-Fraser said. Chris Stephens of Highland Potatoes said the move could be disastrous. "You'd nearly destroy the potato industry in this district," he said. Ms Aganetti-Fraser said her family farm would barely be able to function under the proposal. READ MORE: Joee Aganetti-Fraser is a fifth generation potato farmer in Victoria's Central Highlands.(Nine) "There will be n...
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