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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…

2/5/2018 we were honoured to have visit from @apheda at our ACV/GARDS office with the Indonesian ban asbestos campaigners for 2018 tour – Darisman & Subono along with Sam, Mary-Beth & Tom – it was a pleasure to meet and talk with them about asbestos issues and advocacy – We had in depth discussions with…

Good to see that we have action being taken on tradies who are not who they say they are. It is most important that people who are trying to engage a trade person know that they are qualified and capable to do the job. Please read below News.com.au story on the App Airtasker  FREELANCE jobs…

A MUM and doctor thought she’d just pulled a muscle. But it was a deadly illness few people expect to contract in 2017, picked up in the most unlikely place. WHEN a healthy, successful GP felt a pain in her shoulder one day, she wasn’t too worried, assuming it was a pulled muscle. To her…

So again we have cars coming into Australia with no guarantee of an asbestos test done before leaving country of origin – I am glad to see they are being sent back. When will people take these laws seriously – good to see Border Force doing its job – so much more has to be…

DEADLY asbestos is being detected in an increasing number of privately imported classic cars — and unwary buyers are risking thousands of dollars in fines and repairs. Australian Border Force has intercepted more than 50 classic and vintage cars containing asbestos parts so far this year, almost twice as many as the same period last…

An increasing number of former mechanics are among the growing toll of Victorians seeking help for asbestos-­related illnesses. Law firm Slater and Gordon said there had been a distinct spike in the number of the car repairers who were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Senior asbestos lawyer Tracy Madden said that over the past two…

The asbestos issues just seems an endless list of children’s toys that contain asbestos – take a good look at the picture – see for yourself – alarming – will be keeping a look out for it in Australia.