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Asbestos
August 2024
The dirt files
Victoria investigates waste facilities over cheap landscaping soil after asbestos found in NSW
The dirt files
NSW waste industry faces crackdown on recycled soil after asbestos found in more than half facilities tested
June 2024
Flagship free school that cost £35m closes due to lack of pupils
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
The dirt files
Leading Australian labs retested landscape products for waste companies after contamination findings
The dirt files
NSW government ‘very concerned’ about asbestos found in Sydney landscaping soil
The dirt files
Some of the biggest NSW waste companies broke rules meant to keep contamination out of landscaping products
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
‘A lot of asbestos in the streets’: WA declares ‘hazmat emergency’ after tornado hits Bunbury
April 2024
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’
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
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
Lowitja O’Donoghue remembered at state funeral – as it happened
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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
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