A secret report reveals the likely source of the fatberg balls that closed a raft of Sydney beaches last summer – with most coming from the deepwater ocean outfalls at Malabar, Bondi and North Head. The partly-redacted scientific report, obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws, points to a combination of heavy rains and a buildup of fats, oils and greases as the likely cause of the “poo balls”. Authorities are unable to say when balls could wash up again – but are urgently working on solutions. “We do believe that fat is accumulating somewhere in the system.
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