ENVIRONMENT

Who is responsible for cleaning up Wittenoom tailings?

So called world's largest contaminated site still not remediated

Former mines at WA ghost town Wittenoom still pose environmental hazard 60 years after end of mining. Credit: WA State Library.

Former mines at WA ghost town Wittenoom still pose environmental hazard 60 years after end of mining. Credit: WA State Library.

When the Western Australian government ratified the long-awaited Wittenoom Closure Bill in March 2022, there was hope the so-called largest contaminated site in the world would finally be remediated and...

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