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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…