Carrie Fellner
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ICAC throws out bid to stop Awabakal hearing
Disgraced former assistant tax commissioner Nick Petroulias has failed in a bid to scuttle a corruption inquiry into his land dealings with the Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council. → Read More
Parliamentary inquiry calls for compensation for PFAS-contaminated properties at Williamtown
'Please don’t let the sun set on another toxic Christmas.' → Read More
‘Human error’ blamed for disparate Williamtown PFAS blood tests on same day
The result was more than double the 21 ng/ml returned for the same chemical in the government-funded test. → Read More
Williamtown residents question blood tests after differing PFAS results.
ANGRY: Williamtown's Terry Robinson, pictured with his wife Jenny, said he had "no confidence" in the government tests. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers THE reliability of a national blood sampling program for toxic firefighting chemicals is under question, after a private test showed more than double the level of a contaminant in a man’s blood compared to a government sample taken on the same day. → Read More
Lib’s fear over lack of action on toxic contamination
Liberal MP worried government might be judged for not having done enough to help victims of contamination crisis → Read More
Fireworks as former partners clash at ICAC
"I was going to punch your face in, that's what I told you" → Read More
Doctors demand change to ‘highly problematic’ health advice
'There is no information relating to why Australia has not followed international efforts in banning PFAS.' → Read More
Chair ‘dragged’ into PFAS panel role: Williamtown public hearing
PFAS expert health panel chairman: "I was asked to chair this panel and I said ‘surely you could get someone better qualified'" → Read More
Government defends itself over handling of PFAS contamination
The federal government argued the devaluation of properties was largely the result of "perception or stigma, as opposed to health or environmental impacts". → Read More
ICAC Operation Skyline: Former Awabakal board member reprimanded over evidence
'Mr Green if you're going to obstruct this commission you could be putting yourself into real trouble' → Read More
Clean it up: NSW calls on feds to fix toxic crisis
The NSW government urges federal counterpart to consider compensation for → Read More
Red zone residents welcome ‘huge shift’
The NSW government urges federal counterpart to consider compensation for victims of the firefighting foam contamination scandal → Read More
Gabrielle Upton calls on feds to fix PFAS strife
Opposition says it will ban use of toxic chemicals → Read More
‘State can’t ban PFAS’
Latest Newcastle news, sport, football and business news from the Newcastle Herald. → Read More
Federal advice appears to contradict Gabrielle Upton’s claim that the ‘state can’t ban PFAS’
In parliament, Ms Upton was grilled by Labor over why NSW had failed to ban the use of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl chemicals . → Read More
Erin Brockovich's 'heartbreak' over cancer revelations
Erin Brockovich has spoken of her concern about children as a new report into chemicals' effects shows it's worse than thought. → Read More
Dangers on doorstep:90 sites investigated for elevated PFAS levels
On a rise surrounded by bushland in Sydney’s north-west, members of the Westleigh Rural Fire Service have spent years training, putting out blazes in preparation for the real thing. → Read More
Dangers on doorstep
On a rise surrounded by bushland in Sydney’s north-west, members of the Westleigh Rural Fire Service have spent years training, putting out blazes in preparation for the real thing. → Read More
Professor ‘bragged about burying bad science’ on 3M chemicals
Internal company documents suggest that a renowned professor was used to "command the science" on chemicals. → Read More
TOXIC SECRETS: Kids, chemicals and cancer
Latest Newcastle news, sport, football and business news from the Newcastle Herald. → Read More