The SNSP will be most effective if implemented in collaboration with others who support, influence, and facilitate action on silica safety and silica-related diseases.
Silica National Strategic Plan 2024–30 Companion
This Silica National Strategic Plan 2024–30 Companion (SNSP Companion) provides context for the priorities outlined in the SNSP to assist with measuring progress over time. It is based on advice provided to the Department of Health and Aged Care by Lung Foundation Australia, with input from an Expert Steering Committee and Reference Group.
The SNSP Companion is structured to align with the priorities in the SNSP. It covers silica safety and silica-related diseases in Australia, contextual information on the problems, and measures already in place including laws and related strategies.
Summaries of new initiatives underway in 2024 were included with a chronology tracking the work to address silica-related diseases at ‘Appendix A: Origin and development of the Silica National Strategic Plan’.
The SNSP Companion also benefited from input provided through targeted consultation on the SNSP.
The Lung Foundation Australia did not provide advice on international efforts to address silica safety or silica-related diseases, or on national targets to measure progress, and thus this is not covered by the SNSP Companion. The Lung Foundation Australia’s advice also did not address the role of support groups, thus the SNSP Companion focuses on health screening only under Priority 3.
