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This investigation is now finalised.

Update on asbestos in soil

Asbestos in soil 2024 Response report

Asbestos Awareness Week 2024

Asbestos Awareness Week (25 November to 1 December 2024) is held nationally in November to increase awareness of the risks of working and living with asbestos containing materials. It aims to drive behavioural and attitudinal change about the importance of work health and safety measures regarding these materials, and to educate the community about how to safety work and live alongside these products.

Was your business premise built prior to 1990?

Starting 1 August 2024, a statewide asbestos management audit of business premises constructed before 1990 will begin.

Was your business premise built prior to 1990?

Asbestos management compliance campaign

18/07/2024 - 12:00pm

Starting 1 August, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will begin auditing businesses operating from buildings constructed before 1990 and those likely containing asbestos.

Asbestos management compliance campaign

Starting 1 August, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will begin auditing businesses operatin

Update on asbestos in soil

19/11/2024 - 12:00pm

A proactive audit program of Queensland companies that manufacture and supply landscaping products has detected a small amount of asbestos in a stockpile of soil at a business, NuGrow in Ipswich.

Read about the update on asbestos in soil.

Sites that have received soil potentially contaminated with asbestos

29/02/2024 - 12:00pm

Our investigation into the supply chain has identified sites that may have received soil potentially contaminated with asbestos.

Hefty fine for house demolition with complete disregard for asbestos laws

09/01/2024 - 12:00pm

A demolition company has been fined $100,000 and a conviction recorded for tearing down two houses in suburban Brisbane using an excavator, without first safely removing asbestos sheeting.

Asbestos safety in the community webinar

Again, held in Asbestos Awareness Week 2023, this safety session aimed to equip homeowners and DIYers with more knowledge about where asbestos containing materials are commonly found in homes, how to manage them, safe methods for cleaning these materials and information about removing and disposing of up to 10m2 of non-friable asbestos.

Asbestos safety for businesses webinar

This webinar was held during Asbestos Awareness Week 2023 to educate businesses about where asbestos containing materials are commonly found in commercial and industrial buildings, reveal the compliance issues auditors most commonly encounter when they conduct site visits, and give an overview of the legislative requirements regarding the management of asbestos containing materials for businesses operating out of premises built prior to 1990.

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