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Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Recall - Yamaha youth quad bikes 'Raptor 90'
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a nationwide recall of Yamaha youth quad bikes YFM90R 2016 & 2017 models due to front and rear brake shoes in affected quad bikes (and these parts sold as spare parts) possibly containing asbestos.
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Thursday, 10 August 2017
Australian asbestos removalists health study
Researchers in WA and Victoria are recruiting people who are currently, or who have ever, worked in asbestos removal to be part of an asbestos removalist register.
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Thursday, 03 August 2017
Workers’ exposure to asbestos at Sydney Opera House highlights need to shift focus from managing to removing asbestos
After 25 workers on a building project at the Sydney Opera House were unacceptably exposed to asbestos for over a week, the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has called for an urgent national program of removal of high risk asbestos. The Agency’s CEO Peter Tighe said while there were...
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