Media: ‘Wittenoom asbestos contamination prompts legal threat from Banjima traditional owners’ - ABC News

Story by Alistair Bates and Charlie McLean, ABC
18 October 2025 

“Banjima traditional owners say they are planning to sue the West Australian government over the toxic remains of asbestos mining at Wittenoom, about 1,500 kilometres north of Perth.” 

“The move coincides with the wide release of the new documentary Yurlu | Country, which launched on Thursday in the shadow of its poisoned setting…” 

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