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Asbestos

June 2024

  • Parkfield school in Dorset viewed through a fence

    Flagship free school that cost £35m closes due to lack of pupils

  • Danger asbestos sign hangs in from of playground with slide

    The dirt files
    How much more asbestos regulatory failure needs to be exposed before the NSW government gets the political will to act?

    Wendy Bacon

May 2024

  • Composite image showing test tube and gloved hand

    The dirt files
    Leading Australian labs retested landscape products for waste companies after contamination findings

  • Soil samples tested in Sydney

    The dirt files
    NSW government ‘very concerned’ about asbestos found in Sydney landscaping soil

  • Composite image of gloved hands testing soil on a piece of glass with a large hill of dirt and machinery in the foreground

    The dirt files
    Some of the biggest NSW waste companies broke rules meant to keep contamination out of landscaping products

  • AsbestosInMulchpixie

    First Dog on the Moon
    Sydney! Already Australia’s worst city now you can’t even go to the park

  • The dirt files
    We tested landscaping soil on sale in Sydney stores for asbestos – it came back positive

  • The dirt files
    ‘A lot of asbestos in the streets’: WA declares ‘hazmat emergency’ after tornado hits Bunbury

April 2024

  • A supplied image shows the rectification works made to classrooms at Rochedale State School in Queensland after positive asbestos testing.

    The dirt files
    Parents fear children are being sent back to asbestos-riddled classrooms at Queensland school

    Premier Steven Miles says experts advise all classrooms at Rochedale state school ‘are safe for staff and students to return’
  • An asbestos warning sign.

    The dirt files
    Asbestos confirmed in seven Melbourne parks after latest tests

    PA Burns Reserve and the Altona Coastal Park the latest sites to have ‘small amounts of asbestos’ discovered

    • The dirt files
      EPA issues warning to councils after asbestos found in Melbourne parks

    • The dirt files
      Asbestos discovered at three more Melbourne parks, says local council

    • The dirt files
      Asbestos found in recycled mulch next to playground in Melbourne’s west

March 2024

  • Asbestos-contaminated mulch being removed from a park in Sydney’s Surry Hills last week

    The dirt files
    NSW to double penalties for worst environmental crimes in wake of asbestos crisis

    Planned overhaul of Environment Protection Authority’s powers to be biggest since it began in 1991, government says
  • Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue

    Lowitja O’Donoghue remembered at state funeral – as it happened

    This blog is now closed

    • The dirt files
      Company at centre of NSW asbestos crisis argues EPA ban on selling mulch is having ‘unjustified impact’

    • The dirt files
      Asbestos-contaminated mulch found at 75 sites across Sydney, watchdog finds

    • The dirt files
      Clover Moore attacks NSW government and EPA over ‘regulatory failure’ before asbestos crisis

February 2024

  • Asbestos signs are displayed at a park

    The dirt files
    Queensland asbestos: two more schools join list of places supplied with potentially contaminated soil

  • Rozelle parklands

    The dirt files
    Asbestos: Rozelle parklands reopening delayed, with critics arguing extension shows EPA is a ‘toothless tiger’

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