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Liability Gone Haywire Down Under

Liability Gone Haywire Down Under

An 82-year-old Australian grandmother says she is prepared to go to jail rather than pay a A$1-million (US$731,000) bill to clean up toxic chemicals spilled by her tenant.

Opposition spokesman for the environment David Davis described the EPA [Environmental Protection Authority] as a ramshackle organisation that needed to be overhauled.

He said toxic waste was leaking from the barrels and presented a risk to the local community of the light industrial area.

“Because of the EPA’s failure to act at an early point, failure…

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