Class action planned over Montara oil spill

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated May 24 2015 - 11:08am, first published 10:16am
The hands of a local resident in Tablolong taken in August, 2013. People in the region complain of itchy skin conditions.  Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
The hands of a local resident in Tablolong taken in August, 2013. People in the region complain of itchy skin conditions. Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
Dead seaweed on Tablolong beach, Kupang, in August 2013. Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
Dead seaweed on Tablolong beach, Kupang, in August 2013. Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
A West Timor local resident shows a neck cyst in 2011.  Photo: West Timor Care Foundation
A West Timor local resident shows a neck cyst in 2011. Photo: West Timor Care Foundation

Jakarta: An Australian law firm is preparing a class action on behalf of Indonesian fishermen and seaweed farmers who say their livelihoods were devastated by one of Australia's worst oil disasters.

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