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Asbestos Victims Association will be at the South East Field Days

Posted on 11 March 2019Updated on 19 March 2025by BrendanCategories:Uncategorised

AVA volunteers will have a stand at the South East Field Days at Lucindale on Friday and Saturday this week – that’s Friday March 15 & Saturday 16 March. Stop by and see us if you have any concerns at all about asbestos. This year Sue from South East Asbestos will be joining us – a good opportunity for some hands on advice. We will be participating in the children’s Yakka trail and hope to see you there.

Canada’s Asbestos Waste

Posted on 3 January 2019Updated on 19 March 2025by BrendanCategories:Latest News

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).

Illegal Dumping (The actions of greed)

Posted on 3 July 2013Updated on 25 February 2025by BrendanCategories:Illegal Dumping

A truck driver has been caught on CCTV illegally dumping asbestos outside two pre-schools in inner Sydney.

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AVA Newsletter – Summer 2025
In this Issue: - 25 years of AVA, AVA Memorial, AVA social groups, Flinders AMBR project, The changing face of Meso Treatment, and Stop the Press. […]
AVA Newsletter – Spring 2024
In this Issue: - Memory Seats, Home Shows and Expos, Local Councils, Palliative Care SA conference, Cancer Voices, City Plunge, and Clinical Trials […]
AVA Newsletter – Winter 2024
In this issue - Why we must deal with asbestos now, Activities @ AVA, International Cooperation to Ban Asbestos, Landmark victory in the Indonesian Supreme Court. […]
AVA Newsletter – Autumn 2024
In this issue - Our new Care Coordinator, Special Memorial, ARD's higher in defence forces, VOID, Asbestos in movies, Persistent cough, ASSEA. […]
AVA Newsletter – Summer 2023/2024
20 years of total asbestos ban in Australia, Silica (engineered stone),Bunnings Trade Show 2023, AVA Memorial Day 2023 […]
AVA Newsletter – October 2023
In this issue - Beinke Bequest, AVA Memorial Day, Whyalla visit, Salisbury Health Expo, Engineered Stone Regulations, Bunnings Trade Show 2023. […]
AVA Newsletter – June 2023
In this issue - AVA AGM, Fleurieu Region Support Group, Flinders University Research donation, International Workers Memorial Day, Prospect SES unit, The Specialist Mesothelioma Learning Module, Tumour-starving drug […]
AVA Newsletter – March 2023
In this issue - National Silicosis Prevention Strategy, National Action Plan, Flood recovery in the Riverland, Asbestos & Insurance, Fleurieu Support Group, Notice of AVA AGM and Diary dates […]
AVA Newsletter – October 2022
National Safe Work Month, Wittenoom: who will clean up the waste?, Road deaths compared to asbestos deaths, Bunnings Tradies, Memorial Day at Pitman Park. […]
AVA Newsletter – July 2022
In this issue - ASEA awareness campaign for residential housing, ASEA Safety & Management conference, Local councils and asbestos, AVA in the Fleurieu Peninsula, Events […]