Investigation

The costly battle to build in Boolaroo

Donna Page
Updated February 12 2018 - 1:16pm, first published October 24 2017 - 6:00pm
UNHAPPY: Trudi Field and Martin Robertson, of Boolaroo, have spent $70,000 to get a dirt-covered backyard due to pollution from the former Pasminco lead and zinc smelter. Picture: Marina Neil
UNHAPPY: Trudi Field and Martin Robertson, of Boolaroo, have spent $70,000 to get a dirt-covered backyard due to pollution from the former Pasminco lead and zinc smelter. Picture: Marina Neil

FROM the street, there is little sign of the ongoing battle Trudi Field and Martin Robertson are having trying to build in Boolaroo.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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