Much is at stake for SP AusNet. A legal class action has been launched, and will be fought after the commission completes its hearings. Perhaps as a result of this, in the lead-up to the royal commission hearing, the company has been entirely defensive about the role of its power lines on Black Saturday.The company has strongly resisted any conclusion that its power line was at fault, and its representatives at the royal commission have spent the five months of its proceedings trying at every turn to maximise the liability of others, including the CFA and the police.
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