Port Stephens Council votes behind closed doors to extend lease agreement for controversial Williamtown sand mine

Donna Page
Updated July 13 2018 - 9:49am, first published July 12 2018 - 9:00pm
PLEA FOR HELP: Williamtown residents Cain Gorfine, left, and Brian Curry are fighting the approval of the controversial Cabbage Tree Road sand mine.
PLEA FOR HELP: Williamtown residents Cain Gorfine, left, and Brian Curry are fighting the approval of the controversial Cabbage Tree Road sand mine.

PORT Stephens Council voted in secret this week to extend the sunset clause for the lease of a controversial sand mine site, located in the heart of the Williamtown red zone.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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