Sep 7, 2026 – 4.16pmA bitter fight over Australia’s rollout of public electric vehicle chargers has reignited after a new program allowing electricity network companies to build the charging stations on power poles failed to lock in enough places to install them.Three poles-and-wires companies in Victoria were granted a special six-month waiver last year to find suitable places to install 100 chargers on their own curbside power poles, which the networks say will rapidly speed up the rollout of public EV chargers.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles