The Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Council (ASSEC), provides advice to the Minister and to the CEO of the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) on the National Strategic Plans for Asbestos and Silica Management and Awareness. This is a communique of their meeting held on 4 August 2026.

This Operational Plan provides clarity on our mandated functions and how collectively they align to our strategic intent to enable the prevention of exposure to asbestos fibres and respirable crystalline silica and ultimately the elimination of related diseases. This Plan also provides ASSEA's Performance Measures for 2026-27.

This Operational Plan provides clarity on our mandated functions and how collectively they align to our strategic intent to enable the prevention of exposure to asbestos fibres and respirable crystalline silica and ultimately the elimination of related diseases. This Plan also provides ASSEA's Performance Measures for 2026-27.

This resource provides authoritative information on silica-related matters in Australia, to support effective communication by those working across government, industry and the health sector.

These data sets are provided by Border Force for publication by the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency. 

Border Force does important work in enforcing Australia's asbestos ban at our border, by carrying out both targeted and random inspections. As well as enforcing Australia's legislative obligations, this is crucial to protecting the Australian public and industry.

The 2025 survey looked at understanding the reasons underpinning key behaviours relating to asbestos. This will help ASSEA target campaigns to drive behavioural change, rather than just increase awareness. 

The survey used a statistically-representative sample by age, gender, and jurisdiction across Australia. In total, 1,614 people participated.