Contaminated Australian defence sites put spotlight on environmental record
by Kayleen Bell and Christopher Knaus from on (#3QVV4)
Costly rehabilitation to be largely left to developers, including on Melbourne site involving 130 chemicals
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Most of the non-residential sites being offloaded by the Department of Defence in its land disposal program are contaminated, a legacy of past environmental failings.
Defence has eight unwanted non-residential properties listed for disposal across Australia, including former rifle ranges and armaments factories.
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