SafeWork NSW is investigating the death of a worker at a sewage overflow facility in Olympic Park who died three days later. It is understood the man was an employee
NSW Government doubles asbestos fines to $2 million
The NSW government has announced an Amendment Bill as part of a new crackdown on asbestos regulation, which will see the penalty for unlawfully depositing or transporting asbestos-containing waste doubled.
Calls for total asbestos eradication plan
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has called for the Australian government to implement a plan for total asbestos eradication after a report into significant asbestos removal plans found that
$175,000 fine for asbestos importer
An energy company in Western Australia has been convicted and fined $175,000 for importing material that contained asbestos. The company was unnamed but convicted on two counts of importing a
Melbourne developers who demolished historic pub found guilty of dumping asbestos
Two developers who came to the attention of regulators in October of 2016 when they demolished an iconic inner-Melbourne pub without a permit have since been fined for dumping asbestos