UPDATE: A Management Plan will be developed and reported to the next Council meeting on how the asbestos issue at Wamberal and Terrigal Beaches will be resolved in the interests of public safety. At last night’s Ordinary meeting, Council also requested the Acting CEO proactively release the Wamberal Beach NSW Storm Erosion Remediation Report. Mr […]
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Sydney news: Inquiry into alleged asbestos cover-up at Castle Hill High School
Students at a Sydney high school have been “put in jeopardy” due to what a parliamentary inquiry has been told was an asbestos cover-up at the campus. The NSW upper house inquiry on Monday probed the presence of asbestos at Castle Hill High School, with members of the school community including teachers, parents and students […]
Continue readingMemories of Wittenoom, a once-thriving but asbestos-riddled town that led to more than 1,000 deaths
ABC Pilbara / By Tom Robinson, Andrew Tyndall, and Georgia Loney Posted Thu 15 Sep 2022 at 6:06amThursday 15 Sep 2022 at 6:06am, updated Thu 15 Sep 2022 at 4:56pm Phillip Noble and Ross Munro playing in an asbestos sand pit. They both died in their 30s.(Supplied: Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia) The final reminders of one of Australia’s deadliest towns will soon […]
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