Melbourne Build Expo 2025

Come and find ACV/GARDS at the Melbourne Build 2025 Expo we will be talking in one of the sessions on each day Dates/Opening Times: 22 Oct 2025 (Wed): 9:30 am – 5:30 pm 23 Oct 2025 (Thurs): 9:30 am – 5:30 pm Venue: 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia Melbourne Build is…

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You are invited to 1st Year Med Students – Asbestos & Silica Support Group Meeting 13th Aug 25

You Are Invited to Our Asbestos & Silica Awareness Support Group Afternoon – Wednesday 13th August 2025 at our office 211 Lloyd Street Moe –  from 1.30pm onwards – Please note this date is instead of our support group meeting at the end of August to accommodate the students – hope you can join us…

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Date Change for Support Group Meeting Gippsland 22nd July

#support #asbestos #silica Please note that our support group this month in Gippsland will be brought forward by a week to the 22nd July. We are having speakers from AGL Loy Yang speaking at this meeting and would love to see as many people as possible come along to learn about the mine rehab that…

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Asbestos & Silica Awareness at Bayswater Library

#asbestos #awareness #silica – Friday 30th May #ACVGARDS – Tanya and Vicki conducted a session of awareness to a group of citizens from #bayswater at the #bayswaterlibrary – great session and so many questions from people who attended – we were delighted to be asked and always good to meet the community – pictured here…

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You Are Invited to Our Asbestos & Silica Awareness Afternoon Tea May 21st 2025

Asbestos Council of Victoria/GARDS Inc. is inviting the general public to our Asbestos & Silica Awareness Afternoon Tea on May 21st at our office 211 Lloyd Street Moe – Victoria from 1pm onwards –  hope you can join us we will have invited guests who know about silica and asbestos – there will  be samples…

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International Workers Memorial Day 2025

#internationalworkersmemorialday the Gippsland Trades & Labour Council Inc conducted a memorial service Monday 28th April in the Rose Garden, Morwell Victoria – Asbestos Council of Victoria/GARDS Inc attended the ceremony and placed flowers for all those who have suffered a workplace illness or death.

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Inaugural Annual Committee Forum in Canberra 1st April 2025

#asbestos #silica – 31st and 1st April some more photos of Joanna and I who attended the Inaugural Annual Committee Forum in Canberra a good start to new strategic plans to take us forward to 2030 Pictured here are those who attended and the ASSEA Council

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Asbestos & Silica Awareness Gippsland TAFE Newborough Campus Carpentry March 2025

#asbestos #silicdust #awareness – On Wednesday 19th March ACV/GARDS reps attended TAFE Gippsland Newborough campus and spoke to 20+ carpentry apprentices about asbestos and silica – we were lucky to have Joanna Mcneill Silicosis advocate with us – the session saw the apprentices asking many questions and teachers joining in. It was great to have…

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New Silicosis Hub For Info Just Launched

#silica #silicdust Asbestos and Dust Diseases Research Institute -ADDRI https://addri.org.au/ have created a new silicosis hub https://silicosis.org.au/ Take a look at the new site it has a lot of info to help support silica sufferers – well done ADDRI

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Morwell Trades School Centre – TAFE Gippsland Asbestos & Silica Awareness Session

#asbestos #silica #awareness – Today ACV/GARDS conducted an awareness session to 110 apprentices at TAFE Gippsland – Morwell – to plumbers and electricians – great bunch of switched on apprentices who asked terrific questions and went out of the session armed with info for their future trades – we wish them well in their future…

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