Investigation

NSW government forced to spend $20m cleaning up Truegain contamination, sparking environmental law overhaul

Donna Page
Updated November 25 2021 - 12:16pm, first published 5:30am
TOXIC: The heavily-contaminated Truegain waste oil refinery site at Kyle St, Rutherford, will cost the NSW government at least $20 million to remediate after the company went into liquidation.
TOXIC: The heavily-contaminated Truegain waste oil refinery site at Kyle St, Rutherford, will cost the NSW government at least $20 million to remediate after the company went into liquidation.

THE NSW government has introduced to Parliament sweeping changes to environmental laws in a bid to make polluters more accountable, revealing it will be forced to spend $20 million cleaning up Truegain's legacy at Rutherford.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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