A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has heard the former state government denied a family farm was contaminated by mining, despite tests nearby showing cadmium at 50,000 times the permissible level.

“So 2.2 is consistent with stomach acid and the position of the former NSW government was that you didn’t have contamination on your property?”

‘My family is ground zero’ Orange-district landholder Bruce Reynolds gave evidence about his family’s experience of dust, which he believes originates from the nearby Cadia gold mine.

The level of zinc is around 50 times the surrounding paddock level, nickel is 2.5 times the soil level.

The chief executive David Waddell said the nearby Cadia gold mine delivered significant economic and social benefits for his community.

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