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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Donna Lu

Traditional owners sue Western Australia government for $1.5bn to clean up toxic asbestos at Wittenoom

The closed road at the former asbestos mining town of Wittenoom, northwest Western Australia
The closed road at the former asbestos mining town of Wittenoom, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

A group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands have been contaminated for decades by asbestos waste have launched a $1.5bn legal claim against an Australian state government.

The Banjima people are traditional owners of land in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, including Wittenoom, the site of one of Australia’s worst industrial disasters.

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