Parramatta. Developer sues contractor

The ABC reports Plaza West, of the Parramatta-based Dyldam group, is suing a contractor, Simon's Earthworks and one of its directors, in a civil case in the New South Wales Supreme Court. The developer has been accused of using truckloads of asbestos-contaminated soil as landfill at a housing development, in Parklea. Dyldam alleges the contractor falsified invoices, paid kickbacks to a site supervisor and wrongly claimed payments for work on the Entrada apartment site, on the corner of Church Street and Victoria Road. in the Parramatta CBD, in 2007 and 2008. The Environment Department is investigating the claims against the Dyldam group.