Market research mystery for farmers cold called about controversial transmission line

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A Victorian farmer says someone purporting to be doing market research for the federal government seemed to be trying to elicit positive response about the VNI West transmission line.

abc.net.au/news/farmers-mystery-market-research-calls-vni-west-transmission-line/102758450Mystery surrounds who has commissioned market research into landowner attitudes toward the controversial VNI West transmission line project.State and federal governments and the energy market operator deny responsibilityVNI West and the connected Western Renewables LinkResidents in the path of the project have been receiving calls in the past few days purportedly from a market research company.

She said in the call she received last Thursday, the caller indicated the research was "being undertaken on behalf of the federal government". "They asked about consultation with Indigenous communities, investments into clubs and organisations in your town, investments into local roads, and whether these would be good investments by VNI West," she said.

"This is a significant milestone as it now allows one-on-one conversations with farmers and landholders, to listen and answer questions related to their properties," a statement from the operator said.

 

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