While interim advice has been recommended by the National Dust Disease Taskforce, the government’s slow response has been less than ideal, according to the Silicosis Support Network. Silicosis Support Network
Former stonemason, Frank Scott, has launched legal action against his former employer after he contracted silicosis following his career cutting and grinding marble and granite across Canberra in the ’80s,
The latest estimates of people suffering from silicosis in Australia puts the national number of cases at 350, which is 100 more cases than the September 2019 figure. The figure