Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison warns Environment Minister Matthew Kean that further inaction on Truegain site could be his "Orica moment"

Donna Page
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:39am, first published June 18 2020 - 8:00pm
TIME IS NOW: Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison and Ramona Cocco have been campaigning to have the Truegain site clean-up for years. Pictures: Max Mason Hubers.
TIME IS NOW: Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison and Ramona Cocco have been campaigning to have the Truegain site clean-up for years. Pictures: Max Mason Hubers.

THE NSW government's botched handling of the heavily-contaminated Truegain site at Maitland has been likened to the 2011 chemical leaks from Orica's Kooragang Island plant that saw carcinogenic gases spew over Stockton homes for 30 minutes.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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