Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Roberts for the question. The Jervis Bay issue is not one that I am familiar with. However, I can tell you that on 5 June 2020 the Federal Court of Australia approved the settlement approval applications for the three class actions relating to the per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance, the PFAS, contamination in communities near the RAAF Base Williamtown in Williamtown, New South Wales; the Army Aviation Centre in Oakley, Queensland; and the RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory. On 16 June last year the court published its reasons. Defence Legal currently has 126 open non-litigated claims and three litigated claims that are not class actions. On 15 April last year a PFAS class action was filed in the Federal Court by Shine Lawyers in relation to property owners in delineated areas around defence bases in Pearce, Richmond—