Newcastle City Council told rubbish tip was spewing into the sea 18 months ago

Donna Page
Updated September 20 2019 - 3:33pm, first published January 23 2018 - 10:00pm
CONCERNED: Stockton Landcare's Paul Johnson said volunteers had been working to rehabilitate parts of the old tip site for five years.
CONCERNED: Stockton Landcare's Paul Johnson said volunteers had been working to rehabilitate parts of the old tip site for five years.

NEWCASTLE City Council was told more than 18 months ago that an old tip site at Stockton was spewing rubbish, including asbestos, into the ocean but did nothing to clean it up.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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