Landowners affected by toxic firefighting chemicals should be compensated, MPs say

Buybacks also recommended for those affected by PFAS contamination from defence bases across Australia

A group of MPs from across the political divide has urged the commonwealth to consider compensation and property buybacks for people affected by contamination from toxic firefighting chemicals which leached off defence bases and into soil and waterways across Australia.

On Monday a joint parliamentary committee, which for months has been investigating the defence department's firefighting foam contamination scandal, handed down its long-awaited report, recommending the government "assist property owners and businesses in affected areas for demonstrated, quantifiable financial losses associated with PFAS contamination that has emanated from defence bases".