“Activists worried about pollution think the plan to scuttle a former navy vessel should itself be scuttled, writes Malcolm Knox.

The former HMAS Adelaide, the navy frigate involved in the rescue of Tony Bullimore in 1997 and the ’‘children overboard” incident in 2001, had a habit of sailing into controversy. Due to be scuttled off Avoca Beach next Saturday, it is not going quietly to its rest, either.

While the state government has declared the ship is free of carcinogenic toxins, its testing for those toxins has been described by an international expert as “shockingly irregular” and “strange”. Local protest groups are hoping to scuttle the scuttling for several reasons, including the suspected presence of toxins on the ship and a forecast 5.3 metres of permanent beach erosion at Avoca.“
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