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11
SEP
2017

Three out of four tradies can’t identify asbestos

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Three in four tradies admit they find it difficult to identify asbestos on the job and new apprentices aren’t being taught how to, WA’s building industry has been warned. There are now moves to make asbestos identification part of apprentice training after a workshop at which the...
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04
SEP
2017

Research gives mesothelioma sufferers hope

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There may be light at the end of the tunnel for mesothelioma sufferers. The rare cancer, which results from exposure to asbestos, kills most patients but a team of Sydney oncology experts has found injecting sufferers with missing genetic information can reverse tumour growth....
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17
AUG
2017

Lethal asbestos pouring through our borders in dodgy goods made in China

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BUILDING materials laced with lethal asbestos are landing in our homes and building sites, as Chinese companies flout Australia’s ban. Australian Border Force identified a staggering 8643 shipments as “high risk” for asbestos during 2016-17, but only examined 761 — leaving 90 per...
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14
AUG
2017

Small Fines Fail to Stop Chinese Importers Bringing Lethal Asbestos into the Country

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A CHINESE construction giant has escaped with a paltry fine for using lethal asbestos-laced building products in Brisbane’s “tower of power’’. Australian Border Force has slapped three fines on Chinese building products giant Yuanda, which supplied asbestos-tainted gaskets for...
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26
JUL
2017

$255m ice bust: Three Aussies, one plane, serious charges

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THREE Australian men face the prospect of life in prison if convicted over an alleged $255 million drug scheme using a small plane to take a bumper payload of the killer drug ice 13,000km from California to Melbourne. Sydney man Jim Soukoulis is allegedly at the centre of the...
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