Community Safety

Safety Tips

It's important to be mindful of electrical safety to keep you, your family and work colleagues safe. The resources below explain some of the simple things you can do to make using electricity in your home as safe as possible. Always use a licensed electrical contractor (electrician).

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Transmission Lines

Fire and flood safety around transmission towers and lines. Powerlink's high voltage network extends 1,700km from north of Cairns to New South Wales, comprising of 15,337 circuit kilometres of transmission lines.

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Retrieving Property

We’ll retrieve any property that ends up on substation grounds for you – simply call us on Freecall 1800 353 031 (24 hours).

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Look Up And Live

We partner with Ergon and Energex to promote powerline safety and the Look Up and Live message.

Dial Before You Dig

Powerlink is a member of Dial Before You Dig, a not-for-profit referral service developed to help yo ...

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

At Powerlink, safety is essential – for our employees, contractors and the community.