THERES been a bit of good news around Boolaroo lately.
In August, $2.2 million in federal funding was announced for a 700-metre extension of Munibung Road to link the suburb with Cardiff.
Just a few days ago, the NSW Court of Appeal found in favour of Bunderra Holdings, the developer of a residential estate on part of the former Pasminco smelter site, hopefully ending a long-running drainage dispute that has stopped property owners in the estate from building their homes.
But when it comes to the situation facing householders in lead-contaminated houses near the former smelter, it still looks very much like the ordinary person in the street is being left to pay the price of an expensive clean-up that should never have been their responsibil…
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