Anger about renewables will not be fixed by scrapping, burning or burying. If political leaders listen carefully, they may discover what regional Australians really want.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and state leader Warren Pickering travelled to the Latrobe Valley to announce the party's Victorian energy policy.

Using loss factors and line congestion risk, we've tallied how far the damage could spread if the VNI West transmission link is cancelled, as promised by the Coalition and One…