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Asbestos & Silica Awareness GippsTAFE Newborough Campus
On Wednesday 14th Oct – ACV/GARDS and (ASSEA) Asbestos Silica Safety Eradication Agency – conducted an #asbestosawareness & #silicaawarness session at #gippslandtafe Newborough campus to over 50+ apprentices and pre-apprentices along with their teachers – it was a session of learning and plenty of questions were asked – a really enjoyable session exchanging information –…
Read MoreGippsland Asbestos & Silica Awareness Day Event 2026
This year’s Asbestos & Silica Awareness Day event in Gippsland is coming up: Friday 27th November 2026 at Gippsland Heritage Park, Moe – with proceedings to begin at 11:00AM. #asbestosawareness #silicadust #silicafree #asbestosawarenessday #Moe #victoriaAU #asbestosmemorialevent #asbestos #mesothelioma #mesotheliomaawareness #dustdisease #asbestosfree
Read More‼️Changes ‼️ For Metro Asbestos & Silica Awareness Day Event Nov11th 2026
Please note the amended date and venue of our annual Asbestos & Silica Awareness Day event in Melbourne. The venue has CHANGED to Rydges Hotel, Melbourne The date has also CHANGED to Wednesday, 11 November 2026 We start at 11am as per usual, with 1 minute of silence to remember our lost servicemen and women…
Read MoreChristopher Ireland – The Space Between Us – Carriage Works Sydney
#asbestos #carriageworks #sydneyaustralia – 3rd September 2026 the ACV/GARDS reps Tanya & Vicki have been representing our org at a display of Christopher Ireland Creative at #carriageworks from the 3rd Sept to the 6th Sept with the new display #TheSpaceBetweenUs – this photograpic display follows on from #breathe which was produced in 2009 now in…
Read MoreHolmesglen TAFE Chadstone Campus Asbestos & Silica Awareness Aug 2026
#asbestos #silica #holmesglen #TAFE #Chadstone– On Tuesday 11th Aug the ACV/GARDS crew & Prof Jane Burke from Monash University were invited to conduct an asbestos and silica awareness session to Holmesglen TAFE Chadstone campus to 100 apprentices in carpentry, stonemasonry, plastering, painting and brick laying along with their Trade teachers – all in all the…
Read MoreJuly 2026 Newsletter
Our Latest Newsletter is ready. It has been busy and we have plenty of news to share. As usual we’ve been hard at work and continuing our mission to make a difference. We invite you to read our July newsletter, covering all the updates and activities from January to June 2026. Inside, you’ll find: Highlights…
Read MoreGuidelines & Recommendations For the Management of Pleural Mesothelioma in Australia
#asbestos #Addri – Great news the new Guidelines and recommendations for the management of pleural mesothelioma in Australia have just been released and you can view them at this link below – congratulations to all those who were on the guidelines committee a great achievement – thank you to Prof Sonja Klebe and A/Prof Anthony…
Read MoreA chat with our Monash University 1st Med Student
#asbestos #support #silica – 20th of May saw one of our Monash Uni 1st year med students Elbetel who came and worked with us in her community placement – she spent a period of 36 hours to understand the work we do at ACV/GARDS and meet many professionals while she was with us – we…
Read MoreNew Signage at ACV/GARDS office
4th May ACV/GARDS has erected new signage at the office along our front fence with warnings about asbestos and silica on them – this was made possible by a Community grant through Latrobe City – these five signs will hopefully alert the public to the dangers of asbestos and silica and keep it in the…
Read MoreGTLC May Day Dinner 2026
1/5 – saw the ACV/GARDS team at the GTLC May Day dinner at the @morwell RSL guest speaker was Dave Sweeney AM, ICAN Nobel Peace Prize Winner – Hearing from Dimity and Dave from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was a powerful reminder of everyone’s duty when it comes to nuclear – pictured…
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