Residents in Western New South Wales say they’ve lost trust in their electricity supply after multiple power failures.
A storm last Wednesday took out electricity towers near Broken Hill, and then both the city’s backup diesel generators failed.
Craig Memery, a Senior Advisor in our Energy and Water Justice team, says the incident shows the need for urgent upgrades in the energy grid.
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