Residents of Sydney's Opal Tower will be allowed to move back into their apartments before Christmas.
Residents of Sydney's Opal Tower will be allowed to move back into their apartments before Christmas.
Almost one year since the building was evacuated, the New South Wales government claimed the remaining "two or three" apartments which still need to be made safe will be completed within the next week. Residents from 392 apartments were evacuated last year after a cracks were discovered on several floors of the complex. Some apartment owners returned to their units earlier this year, but many were left stranded.
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