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Commonwealth reaches $22 million settlement with Wreck Bay Aboriginal community over PFAS contamination

The Commonwealth has agreed to pay $22 million to the Wreck Bay Aboriginal community. (ABC Illawarra: Kelly Fuller)

The federal government has reached a $22 million settlement over PFAS contamination from firefighting foam with the Wreck Bay Aboriginal community on the New South Wales South Coast. 

Last week the Commonwealth was accused of not listening to the First Nation's community after it was singled out as the only group from eight applicants not to secure a payment in the $132.7 million multi-site PFAS contamination settlement with the Department of Defence.

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