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The Blue Mountains City Council and the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency will be co-hosting the Asbestos Safety & Management Conference, from 19–20 May at the Fairmont Resort & Spa in the Blue Mountains.

SafeWork SA has published special guidance on respiratory protective equipment (RPE), after identifying widespread non-compliance with fit-testing and other requirements aimed at protecting workers from airborne contaminants like asbestos and crystalline silica.

This October, take a moment to consider what workplace safety means to you. Safety in the workplace is everyone's responsibility and every person who leaves for work in the morning, should expect to return home safely. In October each year Safe Work Australia asks that workers and employers across Australia commit to building safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians.

The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) and Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC) are pleased to announce the 2022 Asbestos Safety and Management Conference, to be held from 19–20 May 2022 at the Fairmont Resort & Spa in the UNESCO World Heritage listed Blue Mountains.

The week of 25 November – 1 December is National Asbestos Awareness Week. The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency encourages you to take time this week to focus on finding out more about the significant health risks and dangers posed by exposure to asbestos fibres.

Safe Work Australia has released the final report and findings of the review of the model work health and safety laws conducted in 2018 which includes 34 recommendations designed to enhance the WHS framework.

The Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 and the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 control the exportation and importation, respectively, of asbestos and goods containing asbestos. On 26 March 2019, amendments were made to both of these regulations to align the definition of asbestos with the definition under the Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011. This is the same definition of asbestos as used in most work health safety laws across Australia.

A new fact sheet about chrysotile asbestos has been published. Chrysotile is the most common type of asbestos and is the major commercial form of asbestos used globally.

The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) has said that the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s Mesothelioma in Australia 2018 report released today shows that Australians are still dying from preventable asbestos-related disease.

Australia’s National strategic plan for asbestos awareness and management 2019-2023 has been officially launched at the Asbestos Safety conference in Perth today.