Asbestos on-the-spot fines are an Action worth looking at says Mark McCabe. ACT work safety commissioner Mark McCabe wants on-the-spot fines of up to $5,000 imposed on people caught removing asbestos illegally. Mr McCabe says there has been an increasing … Read More
Asbestos waste dumper Dib Hanna dumped eight truckloads of waste at a site on Henry Lawson Drive at Picnic Point across Easter last year. The dumped waste cost $30,000 to clean up. The Land and Environment Court today found Hanna … Read More
Ombudsman Phil Clarke tabled his report into asbestos regulations in state parliament on Thursday. It warns there is no whole-of-government approach or strategic plan for coordinating responses to asbestos issues. The investigation also found confusion between agencies and councils about … Read More
What are the legislation requirements with the Work Place Health and Safety Regulation -2011 for commercial buildings? Queensland Asbestos Management services have been inundated with this question. As time runs out for commercial buildings to come into line with … Read More
AUSTRALIANS are risking their lives and those of their families through exposure to the deadly building material asbestos, according to a leading authority on the mineral. The nation now has the highest rates of fatal asbestos cancer mesothelioma in the … Read More
Shorten Unveils Asbestos Management AgencyBy chief political correspondent Simon Cullen Posted Tue Sep 4, 2012 4:38pm AEST A new national body will be set up to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos and oversee its removal, amid warnings that … Read More
Lend Lease has issued a statement confirming its commitment to environmental safeguards following the discovery of some asbestos in spoil shipped from one of its Australian sites. The company has started the shipment of suitable spoil from Barangaroo to Port … Read More
An Australian recall by China’s two biggest car exporters for potential cancer-producing asbestos parts may threaten plans by Chinese automakers to expand into the U.S. and Europe amid intensifying competition at home. Australia was to be the “testing area” for … Read More
A national asbestos strategic plan, including a new national agency and national property labelling system, were among the recommendations of the Asbestos Management Review report released yesterday, 16 August 2012. Prioritised removal of asbestos in all government and commercial buildings … Read More
OCTIEF supervised and managed a joint project with Asbestos Management Company, Queensland Asbestos Management Services, for the remediation of asbestos from an important historical location in Regional Northern Queensland: the site where white man first made contact with Indigenous Australians. … Read More