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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Gabriel Fowler

Nowhere to go: Cessnock council clocks $6.4m loss in High Court appeal

Phil Unicomb, on the wing of his T-28 Trojan fighter bomber which saw action in Korea and Vietnam, at an aero and car show in rutherford in 2007. Picture by Brock Perks.

CESSNOCK City Council has lost an appeal in the High Court of Australia against a $6 million payout involving a bungled airport lease agreement.

Taking the long-running saga to the High Court, after it failed in the Supreme Court, has cost ratepayers $295,000.

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