Investigation

NSW government prosecutes Truegain site owner Robert Pullinger amid debt-recovery action to recoup $1.17m spent containing heavily-polluted Rutherford site

Donna Page
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:23pm, first published November 14 2020 - 5:00am
LEGAL ACTION: NSW Environment Protection Authority has been forced to spend $1.17 million trying to contain pollution on the Truegain site at Rutherford. Picture: Simone De Peak
LEGAL ACTION: NSW Environment Protection Authority has been forced to spend $1.17 million trying to contain pollution on the Truegain site at Rutherford. Picture: Simone De Peak

THE NSW Environment Protection Authority has launched prosecution and debt-recovery action against Truegain site owner Robert Pullinger in a bid to recoup $1.178 million it has spent trying to contain pollution at the heavily-contaminated refinery.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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