Today is the start of National Asbestos Awareness Week (20-26 November 2023) and Territorians are asked to Think Twice about Asbestos....read more
Two residential homes have been contaminated with asbestos, after tradesmen inadvertently damaged asbestos containing material (ACM) in the homes....read more
NT WorkSafe has issued a Safety Alert to alert businesses and workers to the importance of asbestos testing before commencing work in older buildings....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency is consulting on the new Guidelines for communicating about asbestos risk which have been developed by the Agency in consultation with a broad range of stakeholders. Also for consultation is the Communicating Asbestos Facts and Figures guide which is to be read and used in conjunction with the guidelines....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has released the Asbestos-Cement Water and Sewer Pipe Management Guidelines to assist water and/or sewerage service providers eliminate or minimise the risk of exposure to asbestos fibres released from AC pipes....read more
A safety alert has been issued after the presence of asbestos was found in gaskets that are components of paddlewheel aerators, manufactured in China and India....read more
A safety alert has been issued after asbestos was found in some small engine gaskets manufactured in the People’s Republic of China (China)....read more
A safety alert has been issued about the presence of asbestos in parts for radio controlled vehicles (RC vehicles) manufactured in the People’s Republic of China and imported from the United States of America....read more
A product recall has been issued for the ECX AMP series of radio-controlled vehicles after chrysotile asbestos was found in the vehicle's slipper pads. These vehicles have been on sale nationally since 1 June 2016....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has published a fact sheet that provides information for owners of commercial and rental properties on income tax deductions for certain asbestos activities....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has published a fact sheet that provides information about asbestos related health and financial risks, how to reduce those risks and whether insurance can help....read more
The purpose of this Safety Alert is to provide information about the potential presence of asbestos in the brake shoes of manual hand pallet trucks imported from the People’s Republic of China (China)....read more
The purpose of this Safety Alert is to provide information about imported acetylene cylinders that have been found to contain asbestos....read more
The purpose of this Safety Alert is to provide information about the potential presence of asbestos in Shantui Forklifts imported from the People’s Republic of China (China)....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has released draft national guidelines for managing asbestos-cement water and sewer pipes. Submissions are invited from the public, industry and government and must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 7 August 2020....read more
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has issued a safety alert on the use of near infrared (NIR) handheld analysers for the identification of asbestos-containing materials (ACM)....read more
Natalie, the Asbestos Disease Support Society Social Worker will be in Darwin on Wednesday 9 October and would like to invite you to have morning tea with her and a few ADSS members. There is no need to RSVP, please just come along!...read more
The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities have issued a national safety alert regarding asbestos found in the insulation component of electric/battery-operated bee smokers that have been imported into Australia....read more
NT WorkSafe has issued a Safety Alert due to the possible presence of asbestos in Bunsen burner gauze mats with ceramic centres....read more
A Darwin based manufacturing and building company has committed to spend more than $200,000 to improve asbestos awareness and safety in the Northern Territory after being charged with illegal asbestos removal....read more
Excavation of the State Square Underground Car Park has identified asbestos-containing material buried on site....read more
Engineers Australia WA is hosting a two-part presentation which will provide information on the occurrence, legalities, obligations and liabilities associated with asbestos in buildings and soils....read more
The Australian Government response to the Interim Report: Protecting Australians from the threat of asbestos tabled in the Senate in August 2018 is now available online....read more
A new report by the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency examines six cases of rehabilitation of asbestos cement water and sewerage pipes in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia, and identifies best practice for safe and effective management and removal....read more
Asbestos has been discovered at the Warren Park construction site in Marrara....read more
Registrations are now open for the 2018 ASEA Conference 'Asbestos: the next national plan - proactivity, prevention, planning' will be held at Sheraton on the Park, Sydney from 18 to 20 November 2018....read more
SafeWork SA has issued a safety alert providing information on asbestos-containing millboard surrounding reheating banks or coils throughout the ductwork of air conditioning units....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency in a new report that looks at current ways of containing and stabilising asbestos, particularly in roofing....read more
Asbestos has been discovered on a small area of the Old Darwin Hospital site....read more
The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) have issued a safety alert regarding asbestos found in acetylene cylinders that have been imported into Australia....read more
A Darwin based manufacturing and building company has been charged by NT WorkSafe with five breaches of the work health and safety legislation for illegal asbestos removal work....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has issued a safety alert regarding possible asbestos in front and rear brake shoes and some spare parts imported which were sold to consumers for the Yamaha YFM90R (RAPTOR) children’s quad bike....read more
Australian quad bike supplier Polaris has notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of a recall of 12 models in its ‘youth’ range of quad bikes due to the presence of asbestos in component parts....read more
SafeWork NSW has issued a safety alert reminding people to never to use high-pressure water blasters or compressed air to clean asbestos roofs....read more
WorkSafe WA has issued a safety alert after becoming aware that a number of empty sea containers had come into Fremantle port contaminated with raw chrysotile (white asbestos)....read more
The Department of Housing and Community Development is conducting an inspection of its properties built before 1983 to check for asbestos-containing material to update its asbestos database....read more
The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) have issued safety alert that provides information regarding recent imports of electrical scooters for which analysis of the brake components found chrysotile asbestos....read more
The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) has issued a safety alert provides information regarding recent imports of Vespa scooters for which analysis of the sidecar brake components found chrysotile asbestos....read more
The Parks and Wildlife Commission NT (PWCNT) within the Department of Tourism and Culture is set to resume asbestos removal at Rapid Creek Beach this week....read more
NT WorkSafe has accepted an enforceable undertaking by Kalidonis Pty Ltd over a 2014 incident which allegedly exposed its employees to asbestos....read more
Works in scrubland at the Royal Darwin Hospital campus have uncovered what appears to be old construction debris that contains fragments of asbestos material....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has issued a safety alert is to advise of the reported presence of asbestos rock samples contained in some “mineral kits” purchased by schools....read more
WorkSafe NSW has issued a safety alert providing advice on building products that have been imported and found to contain asbestos....read more
Asbestos removal has resumed at Rapid Creek Beach within the Casuarina Coastal Reserve....read more
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has issued a safety alert after trace amounts of asbestos have been detected in some brands of children’s crayons that have been imported into Australia....read more
WorkSafe NSW has issued a safety alert providing advice on vehicles that contain asbestos gaskets....read more
WorkSafe WA has issued a safety alert after workers were exposed to asbestos-containing material when an employee used a battery-operated drill to attach a loose post to a wall containing asbestos material....read more
