Asbestos National Strategic Plan 2019-2023- Annual Progress Report 2021-22

A report on the progress of the Asbestos National Strategic Plan 2019–2023. During this reporting period (July 2021 to June 2022), ASSEA achieved Target 9 by launching the National Residential Asbestos Heatmap, which assesses the probability of asbestos presence in the residential environment by geographic area, to inform government asbestos policy. An additional 2 targets were on track, with the remaining targets progressing but requiring ongoing work.

Asbestos 2023

We were pleased to participate as a Platinum Partner in the FAMANZ 2023 Asbestos Conference “Collaboration is key” held in Auckland from 21-22 March.

Bunnings trade shows

The annual Bunnings trade shows have officially launched for 2023, with ASEA participating in both the Melbourne and Sydney events.

National Asbestos Awareness Campaign

We have wrapped up the National Asbestos Awareness Campaign (NAAC) for the 2022-23 financial year, which ran across two phases – 20 November – 23 December 2022 and 12 March – 22 April 2023.

Asbestos product catalogues – Asbestolite

Through the National Library of Australia, we have recently come across two asbestos product catalogues from Asbestolite which shows the historical use of asbestos in the 1940’s and 1950’s.