Wreck Bay community lodges PFAS contamination class action

Robert Crawford
February 4 2021 - 2:30pm
BATTLE: Wreck Bay man James Williams said PFAS contamination has greatly impacted and virtually bought to an end the traditional Aboriginal practices of hunting and gathering that have existed inside Jervis Bay Territory for thousands of years.
BATTLE: Wreck Bay man James Williams said PFAS contamination has greatly impacted and virtually bought to an end the traditional Aboriginal practices of hunting and gathering that have existed inside Jervis Bay Territory for thousands of years.

JUSTICE Michael Lee has been appointed to hear the Wreck Bay Aboriginal community's class action against the Department for Defence over contamination from the historic use of toxic firefighting foam.

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford

Senior Journalist

Robert Crawford is a senior journalist at the South Coast Register, for Australian Community Media . Everyone's got a story, what's yours? Email robert.crawford@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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