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Asbestos Exposure Risks Lurk in Australian Hospitals 2018
An article written in the asbestos.com site – Feb 27th 2018 – by Lorraine Kember – talks about hospitals in Australia and says they are not as safe as they appear. Please read below and click on the link to read the rest of the article. Hospitals in Australia rank among the best in the…
Read MoreAsbestos Related Disease facts and figures Australia 2018
Dr Tim Driscoll – University of Sydney – School of Public Health spoke at the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Summit in Nov 2017. It was enlightening to hear Tim give the statistics on asbestos related disease. The shocking truth of how many good Australians are dying of a preventable disease. Mesothelioma accounts for over…
Read MoreDiary Dates for November Events 2017
Asbestos Awareness Morning Tea 2017 Date: Wednesday 22nd November 2017 Time: 10am Venue: ACV/GARDS office – 41 Monash Road Newborough Entry fee – Gold coin Donation. On the menu: Scones, Jam and Cream + tea and coffee sponsored by:Slater+Gordon Lawyers Specialists that will be attending on the day to talk to the general public with…
Read MoreLatest ‘Asbestos News’ Oct 2017 Out Now
Please take the time to have a look and read of our latest ‘Asbestos News’ October 2017 newsletter. We hope that you will find something of interest within its pages. There are lots of issues happening in our community and further a field, have a read and see if you find something you didn’t know was…
Read MoreMelbourne Polytechnic Epping TAFE 2017
25.9.2017 – ACV/GARDS girls were out at Melbourne Polytechnic – Epping TAFE delivering an Asbestos Awareness session to 35 apprentice Builders, Painting & Decorating and Carpenters – it was a great session with plenty of questions. Terrific bunch of apprentices and keen to know as much as possible. Their trade teachers sat in on the…
Read MoreChisholm TAFE Berwick Asbestos Awareness 2017
Asbestos Council of Victoria/GARDS Inc. conducted Asbestos Awareness session to around some 300 apprentice plumbers and a few electricians at Chisholm TAFE – Berwick over the past 5 weeks – The apprentices were certainly switched on asking many and varied questions. It was really great meeting all of them and finding out about their work places…
Read MoreMaster Painters Association Vic/Tassie 2017
The ACV/GARDS crew attended the Master Painters Assoc Vic/Tassie – Melbourne Annual members meeting 14/6/17 – the Painter and Decorators are now much more asbestos aware – great bunch of tradies – with some terrific questions – we had an enjoyable night. We want to thank all for making us feel very welcome. We have…
Read MoreThe Gordon TAFE East Geelong Asbestos Aware
The ACV/GARDS team were very privileged and honoured today 7/6/2017 to have the opportunity to talk with a great bunch of apprentice painter & decorators at The Gordon TAFE in East Geelong about all things asbestos. It was a very interactive session with plenty of really thoughtful questions. We want to thank the TAFE lectures…
Read MoreAsbestos Awareness Session at Federation Training Newborough 2017
The ACV/GARDS team were at Federation Training Newborough campus on the 31st May 2017 conducting an asbestos awareness session to 160 apprentices across many trades. It was really good to have plenty of student involvement with some very thought provoking questions. ACV/GARDS was also pleased to have the trade teachers involvement in the session,  good to…
Read MoreGippsland Home & Leisure Show May 2017
The ACV/GARDS team were at the Home and Leisure show with a display to the general public on asbestos awareness from Friday the 26th to Sunday the 28th of May – we talked with many people and gave out bags of information. Great chance to catch many people that we would not usually run into.…
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