Gov’t to pay $132.7m to 30,000 landowners in class action settlement
The federal government has settled a $132.7 million class action over the contamination of several sites across Australia from toxic firefighting foam, which will compensate about 30,000 landowners. A Queensland firefighter, Izabella Nash, tragically lost her life after sustaining injuries while fighting a warehouse fire south of Brisbane. Ms Nash passed away overnight while hospitalised, … [Read more…]