Toxic secrets: Shellharbour mayor to order review into Albion Park's toxic site

Kate McIlwain
Updated June 19 2018 - 8:47am, first published June 18 2018 - 6:30pm
Contaminated: Other than a sign advising “No entry. Do not use water” near a pond on site, there remains no indication of the PFAS chemicals. Picture: Adam McLean.
Contaminated: Other than a sign advising “No entry. Do not use water” near a pond on site, there remains no indication of the PFAS chemicals. Picture: Adam McLean.

Shellharbour council – which owns the contaminated Albion Park Fire and Rescue NSW training ground where toxic chemicals have been found – has sidestepped questions about its responsibility for ensuring public safety around the site.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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