AVA’s Whyalla branch holds its Memorial Day service at Mount Laura Homestead on the last Friday of November every year as part of National Asbestos Week. The service is held in the garden and crosses are placed on the lawn to commemorate the lives lost to asbestos.
nada has joined the more than 50 countries around the world which have banned asbestos. The Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulations came into effect on 30 December 2018.
Canada’s new asbestos ban will not prevent companies in Quebec from sifting through the waste left over from decades of mining asbestos.The federal government exempted the use of mining residues from the new regulations (Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulations).
The AVA office will be closed from 21st December 2018 until 7th January 2019. The phone will continue to be answered 24/7.
Merry Christmas and a Happy & Safe New Year to all.
We mourn the loss of Terry Miller Whose hand was always on the tiller He guided so many through their storm And for him this was...
The Asbestos Victims Association annual Memorial Service to remember or reflect on the needless loss suffered by many because of asbestos. The YouTube video below is the recording of the full 2018 service.
Thanks in particular go to Salisbury Council which has allocated us an area in Pitman Park for the service. Tony Zappia MP originally initiated this and Mayor Gillian Aldridge continues the tradition. There is a rock bearing a plaque in memory of all asbestos victims – this year there is an additional plaque to commemorate Terry Miller OAM, who died on 31 May. Council staff set up the marquee and seating and MC the proceedings.
The Asbestos Victims Association held its annual Memorial Service on Friday 30 November. It was attended by South Australian politicians, both State and Federal, local council representatives, unions and of course the many people who have lost a loved one to the scourge of asbestos disease.
Please join us at Pitman Park, Salisbury at 10.30 am on Friday 30 November 2018 as we say our final goodbye to Terry. Peter Malinauskas will pay tribute to Terry and speak about the difference that he made to so many people’s lives.
This is Alan, a friendly family-loving man who enjoyed helping people and teasing his children and grandchildren.
His exposure to asbestos firstly occurred when he spent 15 years in the RAAF, living in fibro lined buildings. He married Pam in 1964 and settled in Adelaide where he tried various jobs, deciding on the building industry – more exposure to asbestos.
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