Supreme Court dismisses councils' battle with Victorian planning minister over Westgate toxic soil

A Supreme Court justice has dismissed proceedings brought by two Victorian councils against the state planning minister over proposals to dump toxic soil in their regions.

The Victorian government picked three locations last year as potential sites to dump toxic soil from the West Gate tunnel project, including a landfill at Ravenhall in Melton, and a former mine site at Maddingley near Bacchus Marsh in Moorabool Shire.

The soil was found to be contaminated with per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS — dangerous chemicals that have been widely used in firefighting foam.

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