Council Calls for Transparency After $500,000 Toxic Waste Clean-Up Bill

Residents were billed $500,000 as council was forced to clean up highly-flammable abandoned material.

Moorabool Shire Council Mayor Paul Tatchell checks out a sign at the site where council has been directed to clean up trailer loads of illegally-dumped toxic waste at a cost of half a million dollars. Courtesy of Moorabool Shire Council

Moorabool Shire Council’s Mayor Paul Tatchell says three FOI requests have been denied by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria over toxic waste being illegally dumped in the region.

Council now plans to appeal to the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC).