Education
Chisholm TAFE Frankston Apprentice Plumbers
31/8/2018 The ACV/GARDS girls traveled to Frankston TAFE Chisholm and delivered 2nd asbestos awareness session to a great bunch of apprentice plumbers. The ACV/GARDS girls will be back again for the next 6 weeks talking to a whole lot more apprentice plumbers – great questions and conversation. It was a privilege and honour to talk…
Read MoreChisholm TAFE Frankston Campus Apprentice Plumbers 2018
Friday 24th August saw Vicki and Dorothy travel to the Chisholm TAFE at Frankston to deliver an asbestos awareness session to a great bunch of apprentice plumbers. This is the first session of 7 others over the next 7 weeks – hopefully seeing about 120 apprentice plumbers in that time. The session was engaging with…
Read MoreWhen the dust settles: Home renovators, the next wave of asbestos-related deaths on Background Briefing
RN radio Pod Cast – 15th July – Asbestos continues to kill more people than car accidents every year in Australia. Once seen as a wondrous building material it remains in millions of homes in neighbourhoods around the country. Reporter Mario Christodoulou investigates Australia. Please go to this link to listen to a very good…
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson Order to Pay $6.32b in Talc Cancer Case
A St Louis jury has awarded more than $6 billion ($US4.7 billion) in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer, in the first case against the company that focused on asbestos in the powder. The jury announced the $5.6…
Read MoreFederation Training Newborough Asbestos Aware 2018
Recently ACV/GARDS crew did an asbestos awareness session to 160 apprentices at Federation Training Newborough – Boiler makers, mechanics, civil engineering, painting & decorating, carpentry etc. Great session – good questions from the apprentices and their trade teachers – the apprentices left the room with a better understanding of where asbestos can be found in…
Read MoreLeongatha Lions Club Asbestos Aware
23/5/2018 ACV/GARDS girls traveled to Leongatha Lions Club to speak with 26 of their members & make them asbestos aware – great bunch of members who made us feel very welcome – terrific questions – great night with much chatter around asbestos issues. We were very happy to meet everyone, we were asked to stay…
Read MoreAGL Loy Yang Power Station Tour for Medical Students
Today 16/5/2018 ACV/GARDS CEO – Vicki Hamilton was at AGL Loy Yang Power Station with 2 of our International 1st year medical students from Monash University Gippsland campus. These are 2 of the 4 four students who are with ACV/GARDS for 40 hours each to learn more about what we do in our org and…
Read MoreDatsun 240Z – Car imported from Japan Free of Asbestos
Watch the video on how this classic little sports car was imported into Australia and arrived free of abestos.
Read MoreBendigo TAFE Asbestos Awareness 2018
8/5/2018 – Asbestos Council of Victoria/GARDS team – Vicki & Dot at Bendigo TAFE delivering asbestos awareness session to 160 apprentice Plumbers, Electricians, Painting & Decorators & Carpenters terrific bunch – great conversation – big thanks to their trade teachers – it was wonderful catching up with everyone at Bendigo and a real honour talking…
Read MoreMonash Uni Gippsland 1st Year Medical Students Class of 2018
This first week in May 2018 the Asbestos Council of Victoria/GARDS team were at Monash University Gippsland talking to 1st year medical students, 107 of them about asbestos disease & the impact it has on the sufferer & family and the wider community – great bunch of students – terrific questions & interaction – as…
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