Wittenoom was not destroyed by a single explosion or meltdown. It was poisoned slowly, by blue asbestos dust woven into daily life — in the mines, on the roads, around homes, and even in playgrounds.

Picture this: a place so dangerous that the government literally erased it from existence. In June 2007, Wittenoom was officially degazetted and removed, its name scraped off road signs as if ...

Western Australia’s government is facing legal action from an Aboriginal corporation which wants the Federal Court to force it to clean up asbestos contamination from the Wittenoom mine. Gordon Legal ...

Wittenoom traditional owners have launched a $1.5 billion compensation and clean-up case against the West Australian government. The area was contaminated by decades of asbestos mining, linked to more ...

Town in the state’s Pilbara region was the site of three blue asbestos mines and has been described as ‘the largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere’ Follow our Australia news live blog ...