On 28 May 2024, the Australian Commonwealth Government commenced what Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus described as “the largest legal claim ever brought by the Commonwealth” when it filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against 3M Company and its local subsidiary, 3M Australia Pty Ltd. The action seeks more than A$2 billion in damages to recover costs the Commonwealth has incurred, and expects to continue incurring, in investigating, managing, and remediating per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at 28 Defence bases across Australia.

Ienvi: Australian Commonwealth launches legal claim against 3M over PFAS