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ACV/GARDS Reps Meet with Professor Dean Fennell UK & Other Aussie Respiratory Leaders in Melbourne
Monday 19th August business dinner in Melbourne with some really good company talking about all things asbestos and silica – we met Prof Dean A. Fennell FMedSci from the UK. This invaluable opportunity was made possible by the recently launched Commonwealth Mesothelioma Research Network (CMRN) – a partnership between ADDRI and Mesothelioma UK, supported by…
Read MoreParramatta Eels overlook asbestos victims’ by signing James Hardie sponsorship deal
Media Release 1st August by ACTU – The ACTU and the Asbestos Support Group Network have hit out at the NRL’s Paramatta Eels for their recently announced sponsorship deal with James Hardie Industries that ignores the pain of asbestos victims and communities impacted by legacy asbestos. In a letter to the Parramatta Eels CEO, Jim…
Read MoreNew consensus based Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma
#asbestos #mesothelioma #collaboration #addri – Vicki was privileged & honoured to be invited onto this wonderful team & looking forward to the result of all of us working together to produce the next guidelines going forward – ADDRI has assembled a national team of the world’s leading mesothelioma experts to write the New consensus based…
Read More20 Year Total Ban In Australia 2023 – But.. the danger is far from over
On Thursday 7th of Dec 2023 the network of asbestos support groups, Unions, ACTU, ASEA staff & council and many more were invited to Parliament House for the 20th Anniversary of the Asbestos Ban in Australia – we were all invited to be in the gallery to hear the statement in the House of Representatives…
Read MoreSupport Jarni’s Trivia Night 6th Aug 2022
To support Jarni’s Trivia night get yourself together with friends and grab a table. Come and have a great night of entertainment and fun with great prizes to be had. Jarni needs your support and to know you care – the Trivia night is at the Paynesville Football Club rooms – Main Road, Paynesville, Victoria…
Read MoreNew treatment for Aussies living with asbestos-related cancer
23rd June 2021 the Federal Government announced that a new immunotherapy drug has been added to the PBS – what wonderful news for mesothelioma sufferers – a new edition in the tool kit to fight mesothelioma. Please see link below for all the info on this terrific news https://8d96ce19-680b-456d-8080-fc8bc639c64a.filesusr.com/ugd/9204e2_b43533b9ab5b4f94a82256ff5ec42cf5.pdf
Read MoreChisholm TAFE VET Apprentices Asbestos & Silica Awareness Sessions May 2021
#asbestos #silica 12th May saw ACV/GARDS conducting an asbestos and silica awareness session to 140 Frankston Chisholm TAFE VET apprentices – 70 students in the morning and 70 students in the afternoon – there were some terrific questions by the VET students and much information was shared between the students and ourselves and their trade…
Read MoreMr Fluffy campaigner James Wallner has passed away
8th May 2021 – It is with a heavy heart that we farewell James Wallner who passed away last night – he was a fighter and took this issue to the line. May James RIP knowing that he has helped others who may come into the future from this disaster to help them and their…
Read MoreJames Wallner Successful Compensation Fund for Mr Fluffy Victims
This week 6th May 2021 we got the good news that James Wallner, mesothelioma sufferer, who contracted his disease as a child living in a Mr Fluffy house had been successful in getting a compensation fund set up for Mr Fluffy victims. This was the communique from the Government to announce the compensation fund this week…
Read MoreCommonwealth takes first steps towards new compensation fund for asbestos victims
When we think of the people who could suffer from exposure to asbestos, we might imagine tradespeople and home renovators. But in Canberra, one man has developed mesothelioma simply because of where he lived – in a house that had been treated with a dangerous form of loose-fill asbestos known as Mr Fluffy. Unlike the…
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