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Australian landowners secure $132.7m settlement over PFAS contamination

Settlement will compensate communities in this class action for their losses, however, 'many are still stuck on contaminated land.'

By Austin Keating
Anthony Albanese

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese walks with U.S. President Joe Biden. Official White House photo by Adam Schultz

May 16, 2023

Australian landowners whose properties were contaminated by toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have secured a multimillion-dollar payout of $132.7 million. The class action suit alleged that the commonwealth government did not adequately prevent toxic chemicals from firefighting foam, or Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), used on air force bases from contaminating soil and groundwater. The settlement, which covers about 30,000 landowners near seven sites, awaits final approval from a judge.

The lawsuit alleged that the commonwealth failed to prevent the toxic chemicals from contaminating the environment. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, expressed concern about the health of Australians affected by PFAS contamination, stating at a press conference, "The biggest concern that I have with PFAS isn’t, of course, a financial one – it is the health outcomes of people who are affected by it."

The so-called "forever chemicals" are linked to various health issues, including cancers, birth defects and diseases. The settlement follows a previous agreement in 2020 where the Department of Defence agreed to pay landholders near three other bases a total of $212.5 million.

Craig Allsopp, Shine Lawyers' joint head of class actions, commented on the settlement: “The settlement money, if approved, will go some way to compensate the seven communities in this class action for their losses; however, many are still stuck on contaminated land.” Another case involving Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council has been adjourned for further mediation.

KEYWORDS: AFFF environmental law forever chemicals PFAS policy

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Austin Keating is the editor of Remediation Technology, a BNP Media publication launched in Sept. 2022. Austin is from Mattoon, IL, and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism. Following graduation in 2016, he worked as a science writer and videographer for the university’s supercomputing center. In 2018, Austin obtained a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he was the campus correspondent for Planet Forward and a Comer scholar. He then served as an award-winning field editor for America's oldest continuously published magazine, Prairie Farmer, before joining BNP in 2021, becoming editor of SNIPS Magazine and the now discontinued Point of Beginning Magazine.

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