Farming lives matter

June 22, 2020 BY Lachlan Ellis

THEY MEAN BUSINESS – (L-R) Andrew, Peter, Basil and Kevin Maher will fight for the high voltage transmission lines to go underground, after the Springbank and Bullarook potato farmers were advised their properties is ‘of interest’. Photo © – Helen Tatchell

By Helen Tatchell

They are big, bold and tough; they are potato farmers from Springbank and Bullarook and, they care about their land, their produce and their families; they are the Maher family.
Kevin is brother to Peter and cousin to brothers Basil and Andrew and they voiced their concerns last Saturday at Myrniong, against the above ground high voltage transmission lines that are destined to adorn his property, and 70-kilometres of the Moorabool Shire.

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