Premier Steven Miles says experts advise all classrooms at Rochedale state school ‘are safe for staff and students to return’
Parents are terrified their children are still being exposed to asbestos at a Queensland primary school, alleging a patch-up job has not made the classrooms safe.
They fear children may have been exposed to asbestos for months or even years at the school.
Continue reading...PA Burns Reserve and the Altona Coastal Park the latest sites to have ‘small amounts of asbestos’ discovered
Victoria’s environment watchdog and a Melbourne council have confirmed traces of asbestos at seven parks and reserves across Melbourne, as the regulator probes the sources of the contamination.
In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Environment Protection Authority confirmed small amounts of asbestos-contaminated material had been discovered at PA Burns Reserve in Altona, in Melbourne’s west. The EPA said its inspection over the weekend found “good quality mulch laid over industrial waste”.
Continue reading...Local council confirms material was found at the Donald McLean Reserve in Spotswood
Asbestos has been discovered in recycled mulch at a park in Melbourne’s west, prompting the closure of a playground and inspections of other public places.
A resident had reported items found in tanbark near a new playground at Donald McLean Reserve in Spotswood to the local council earlier this week.
Continue reading...Planned overhaul of Environment Protection Authority’s powers to be biggest since it began in 1991, government says
Penalties for the most serious environmental crimes would double and the New South Wales environmental watchdog would have powers to recall potentially contaminated products from consumers under major changes to environmental protection laws proposed by the Minns government.
The environment minister, Penny Sharpe, said the government was proposing the largest set of amendments to the Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA’s) powers since the regulator was established in 1991.
Continue reading...North Melbourne’s Alastair Clarkson free to coach in round one after avoiding suspension for outburst in weekend’s trial match. This blog is now closed
Scooter rider dies in crash in Sydney
A scooter rider has died following a crash at North Ryde in Sydney this morning.
We are yet to see her beautiful eyes open, however, she has shown some really positive signs that she may be hearing her loved ones.
Continue reading...Exclusive: firm points to risk of asbestos contamination from other sources as it seeks to have prevention order thrown out
The landscaping materials company at the centre of the New South Wales asbestos crisis will point to the risks of contamination outside its facilities and the “unjustified impact” on its business when it argues to have an order preventing it making mulch products quashed.
Greenlife and the NSW Environment Protection Authority are expected to appear before the state’s land and environment court for a directions hearing on Friday.
Continue reading...Focus turns to criminal investigation after NSW Environment Protection Authority completes its trawl through the supply chain
Mulch contaminated with asbestos has been found at 75 sites across greater Sydney, with the New South Wales environmental watchdog turning focus to its criminal investigation following the completion of contact tracing.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will on Thursday announce it has finished tracking mulch through the complex supply chain after asbestos was first discovered by a parent in mulch at a park in the inner west more than two months ago.
Continue reading...Revelation comes amid NSW asbestos crisis after contaminant found in mulch at more than 60 Sydney locations
A school is one of 25 entities in Queensland’s south-east that were supplied mulch that could be contaminated with friable asbestos.
The state’s department of environment (DESI) confirmed the dangerous material was found at waste facility NuGrow on 20 February in a proactive investigation by the government after asbestos was discovered at more than 60 sites across New South Wales in what has become an ongoing crisis in that state.
Continue reading...Agency says an unnamed supplier may have provided contaminated mulch at Cranebrook and Bardia
A possible second supplier of asbestos-contaminated mulch is being investigated by the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority, as the number of contaminated sites rises to 61.
The environment watchdog said on Saturday it was “following up on a possible second supplier” that may have provided asbestos-contaminated mulch to at least two sites where the substance has been detected. The sites, both in western Sydney, were Cranebrook High School and Mont Saint Quentin Oval in Bardia.
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