This report shows that we are achieving impact through greater coordination. Supporting evidence suggests we are seeing more asbestos removed and disposed of than in previous years, but it is too soon to identify significant behavioural change in the general population regarding asbestos risks.

Under Senate Order 192 of 2001, agencies are required to list all contracts entered into which are to the value of $100,000 or greater.

The Senate Order is produced at the conclusion of two reporting periods (period) each year, Financial Year and Calendar Year.

This is a high-level summary of the 'Economic burden of asbestos-related disease' report which looks at the direct health care costs, the cost of productivity and other losses resulting from asbestos-related diseases.

The aim of this information is to improve the consistency of asbestos assessments undertaken in Australia, to ensure different people assessing the same site achieve consistent, high-quality outcomes.

A report, by the Centre for International Economics, looks at the direct health care costs, as well as the cost of productivity and other losses resulting from time out of the workforce due to an asbestos-related disease in one year (2015).

It estimated hospital and primary care costs to be $192 million per year, and indirect costs arising from time out of the workforce to be $321 million per year.

This factsheet summarises the 'Barriers, motivations and options for increasing asbestos removal in the residential and commercial sectors' report.