Your tools are ready, paint colours are picked out, and you can’t wait to transform your home. However, there could be a deadly consequence waiting on the other side of that renovation if your home contains asbestos. One-third of Australian homes have asbestos-containing materials. If disturbed, invisible fibres are released that can be inhaled, which […]

Throughout the month of November, Council is urging homeowners, renovators and tradies to learn more about the dangers of Asbestos through a free online information session and 45-minute house inspections. One in three homes in Australia contain asbestos, which can be found in multiple places in homes including walls, bathrooms, ceilings, floors, laundries, kitchens, roofs, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

ABC Kimberley  / By Ted O’Connor Posted Fri 9 Sep 2022 at 9:05amFriday 9 Sep 2022 at 9:05am Jean O’Reeri says Wyndham’s derelict convent holds important history for older residents.(ABC Kimberley: Ted O’Connor) With faded turquoise walls and a rust-streaked corrugated iron roof, the old Wyndham convent acts like a time capsule from half a century ago. For Jean […]

The West Australian government says closing the last remnants of an asbestos-riddled town will bring a “dark chapter” of the state’s history to an end. Key points: A bill to close the asbestos-riddled town of Wittenoom has passed WA Parliament Tourists have continued to visit the town, despite warnings of serious health risks due to blue asbestos […]

ABC Pilbara  / By Tom Robinson and Kelly Gudgeon Posted Yesterday at 7:39am The West Australian government is refusing to say when the final resident of asbestos-covered Wittenoom will be forced out of her home of 40 years. Key points: Lorraine Thomas was told to leave this week but missed the deadline due to personal circumstances A Pilbara lawyer says authorities are […]

By Matt Carr Updated August 24 2022 – 1:53pm, first published 1:00pm A MAJOR clean-up operation that pulled destroyed cars and hazardous materials including asbestos out of Cessnock reserves has cost more than $200,000. The major Department of Planning and Environment – Crown Lands works removed 16 tonnes of vehicles, asbestos, electrical wiring and other wasteland from […]