Albany Port fights Govt over WWII bombs

1points Posted 894 days, 23 hours ago by Bronwen

A SMALL port in Western Australia\'s south-west is pitted in a David and Goliath-type legal battle with the Federal Government on just who should clean up World War II bombs in its harbour. The Albany Port Authority has racked up legal bills of $750,000 in a fight to get the Department of Defence to clean up bombs dumped in the harbour in 1947.

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Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20162260-…

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