NSW Government Proposes to Drop the Asbestos Waste Levy

By |2020-01-22T14:46:30+11:00January 22nd, 2020|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Contamination, Asbestos Disposal, Asbestos Exposure, Asbestos Management, Asbestos News, Asbestos Problem, Asbestos Removal, Asbestos Workplace, Blog|

Up to 250 kilograms of separated, bonded and wrapped asbestos is to be lifted from the asbestos waste levy, as [...]

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Workers Showered with Asbestos at the Jeeralang Power Station

By |2019-12-13T11:39:06+11:00December 13th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Contamination, Asbestos Disposal, Asbestos Exposure, Asbestos Management, Asbestos News, Asbestos Problem, Asbestos Removal, Asbestos Workplace, Blog|

Two workers at Jeeralang Power Station in Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne, were removing a piece of the plant around [...]

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Victorian Man Charged with Sending Asbestos-Filled Packages to Foreign Embassies

By |2019-11-19T12:59:46+11:00November 19th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Management, Asbestos News, Asbestos Problem, Blog|

A Victorian man has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment after sending dozens of packages containing asbestos to embassies in Sydney, [...]

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More than 2000 NSW Schools in Danger of Asbestos

By |2019-11-04T13:19:13+11:00November 4th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Contamination, Asbestos Diseases, Asbestos Exposure, Asbestos Management, Asbestos News, Asbestos Problem, Asbestos Risks, Blog|

The analysis of the Education Department found the presence of asbestos in 2,185 state schools in Australia, with almost half [...]

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Almost 700 Australians Died of Asbestos Disease in 2018

By |2019-10-25T11:23:24+11:00October 25th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Contamination, Asbestos Diseases, Asbestos Exposure, Asbestos Management, Asbestos News, Asbestos Problem, Asbestos Risks, Blog|

A recent report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) recorded the deaths of 699 Australians last 2018 [...]

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Asbestos Mine Wittenoom Still Brings in Tourists Years After Shutdown

By |2019-10-14T13:36:22+11:00September 26th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos News, Asbestos Problem, Asbestos Risks, Blog|

Wittenoom, most known as “Australia’s Chernobyl,” still drew in a number of tourists despite the health risks that could come [...]

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Adelaide Man Wins $3 Million Lawsuit Against James Hardie for Asbestos Exposure

By |2019-10-14T13:36:22+11:00September 11th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Exposure, Asbestos News, Blog|

South Australian family man Mark Werfel was awarded well over $3 million worth of compensation from a lawsuit filed against [...]

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Asbestos Cancer Patient Won Case Against James Hardie

By |2019-10-14T13:36:23+11:00August 26th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Diseases, Asbestos News, Blog|

A cancer patient’s lawyers won a claim against James Hardie which forced the latter to pay a sum of $664,000 [...]

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Asbestos Poisoning in Montana Listed Among Worst Manmade Disasters in Recent History

By |2019-10-14T13:36:23+11:00August 14th, 2019|Asbestos Awareness, Asbestos Contamination, Asbestos Exposure, Asbestos News, Asbestos Problem, Asbestos Risks, Blog|

An asbestos poisoning tragedy surrounding old mines in Montana has made it onto Business Insider AU’s “9 Deadliest Manmade Disasters [...]

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