2017 Asbestos Safety and Eradication Summit

The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency was established on 1 July 2013 to provide a national focus on asbestos issues which goes beyond workplace safety to encompass environmental and public health concerns. The agency aims to ensure asbestos issues receive the attention and focus needed to drive change across all levels of government.

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Approximately one third of all homes built in Australia contain asbestos products.
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Between 1930 and 1953 approximately 1.5 million tonnes of all forms of asbestos was imported into Australia.
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An average of 4000 people die from asbestos-related diseases each year in Australia, a trend that continues to rise.

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2018 ASEA Conference - Asbestos: the next national plan - proactivity, prevention, planning

2018 ASEA Conference - Asbestos: the next national plan - proactivity, prevention, planning

SAVE THE DATE - The 2018 conference 'Asbestos: the next national plan - proactivity, prevention, planning' will be held at Sheraton on the Park, Sydney from 18 to 20 November 2018.
Seminar - raising awareness about importing products containing asbestos

Seminar - Raising awareness about the risk of imported products containing asbestos

Seminar in Brisbane on 30 April 2018 - Raising awareness about the risk of imported products containing asbestos.

Australia’s ageing asbestos legacy – making ageing asbestos in buildings less dangerous in the short term

Practices to make asbestos less dangerous where it is not immediately possible to remove it have been examined by the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency in a new report that looks at current ways of containing and stabilising asbestos, particularly in roofing.