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Soil contamination

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

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    ‘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.

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    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

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      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

  • The entrance to Greenlife Resource Recovery Facility in Bringelly, NSW, Australia

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

  • Mulch removal underway at Harmony Park Monday 4th March 2024. Sydney. Australia

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

  • Clover Moore

    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

    There are now three Queensland schools, a dog park, as well as 16 businesses that may have received soil with friable asbestos
  • Rozelle parklands

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

    Environment Protection Authority originally demanded asbestos be cleaned up by end of February but Transport for NSW granted extra month by watchdog

    • The dirt files
      Are children and young people at risk of asbestos detected in parks, schools and playgrounds?

    • The dirt files
      Queensland school among 25 entities supplied with mulch that could be contaminated with friable asbestos

    • The dirt files
      Sydney asbestos crisis: EPA ‘following up’ on whether second mulch supplier is involved

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