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06
MAR
2017

Check for signs of meth – Buyers warned of health risks from former drug dens

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CHECKING for the presence of meth should be part of standard checks before buying a house, along with pest and building inspections, a Darwin company warns. Octief is well known in the NT for testing asbestos and hazardous materials, but has now branched out into testing homes...
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21
FEB
2017

Locals are growing more concerned after another major ice bust

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Locals are growing more concerned after another major ice bust. @phoebe_moore #9News pic.twitter.com/QBAQbqOlWi — Nine News Gold Coast (@9NewsGoldCoast) February 20, 2017
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20
FEB
2017

Recap of the livestream with Brennan Hill – Ray White

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Last Friday our own Bryan Goodall the National sales manager and Ray Whites Brennan Hill sat down to discuss discuss methamphetamine tests on properties.     Or visit Facebook to watch and share.
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14
FEB
2017

LIVE EVENT: 5pm Friday 17th – Livestream with Brennan Hill – Ray White

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Facebook Livestream – This week on Friday the 17th of February join our own Bryan Goodall the National sales manager and Ray Whites Brennan Hill to discuss conducting methamphetamine tests on properties at 5pm.    
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09
FEB
2017

Ice Wars: ABC documentary shows reality of Australia’s war on drugs

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Ice Wars takes us to the frontline of Australia’s drug war. Photo: ABC Moments into the ABC’s documentary series Ice Wars comes a scene that sums up the battle between police and the drug dealers of Australia. It’s when a squad of heavily-armoured, helmeted police smash through...
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06
FEB
2017

Ice Wars begins on Tuesday, February 7 at 8.30pm on ABC

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  THIS is one of the many faces of ice.   A mentally-ill addict, in the grip of schizophrenia and crystal methamphetamine (ice) addiction, convinced the drug is helping him. Long-term ice user Aaron’s delusions are so great, one minute he thinks the drug helps him...
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01
FEB
2017

SPECIAL REPORT: Meth Contamination and Insurance

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Our very own Steven Dabelstein recently sat down with LMI Group to discuss the effects of Methamphetamine contamination. Watch the interview below: The use of Methamphetamine is unfortunately growing in Australia and their negative effects on health, to the user, are widely...
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30
JAN
2017

ICE properties – what are your tenants up to?

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This week Kevin Turner from RealEstateTalk.com.au interviewed Bryan Goodall our National Sales Manager about ICE usage in rental properties. Click play below to listen to this interview or listen to the entire show over at RealEstateTalk.com.au:   Transcript:  Kevin:  We’ve...
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11
JAN
2017

Public housing flats polluted by ice costing Victorian Government thousands

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PUBLIC housing tenants contaminating homes with methamphetamine are costing the State Government hundreds of thousands of dollars. The DHHS spent almost $400,000 testing and cleaning­ up properties affected by methamphetamine over three years. The drug leaves chemical residue on...
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20
DEC
2016

Ice problem worse than ever as the drug crisis slips from public attention

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IN 2015 Australia’s ice scourge was declared a national emergency. Ice-fuelled violence, entire towns crippled by meth’s devastation and deaths brought on by the cheap and dangerous drug were news bulletin staples. And as federal and state governments began throwing money at t...
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02
DEC
2016

New drug test requirement for parents on sign up to Department of Child Safety agreements

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Article by Steven Wardill, The Courier-Mail Negligent parents will be forced to undertake mandatory drug testing by the Department of Child Safety in order to keep their children. The new testing regimen will be introduced by the State Government as it battles the ice epidemic...
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28
NOV
2016

Why it pays to get an expert’s inspection

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A growing number of prudent home buyers and landlords are going beyond traditional pre-purchase building, pest and asbestos inspections – they are also getting their homes drug-tested. In homes that have gone undetected as meth labs or where there has been heavy use of the drug...
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OCTIEF is an Australian multidisciplinary consulting group specialising in helping organisations maintain Environmental and Occupational compliance, and manage related risks.
As a team of National and International consultants operating within the built and natural environments, OCTIEF has developed expertise within commercial / industrial / residential applications as well as remote areas and mining. Our consultants can assess and manage ongoing, one-off and disaster situations in relation to potential and real risks to people, property and business.

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