Asbestos importers face five years' jail
Individuals who knowingly or recklessly import asbestos-containing products like building materials can now be imprisoned for up to five years, under new customs laws.
Individuals who knowingly or recklessly import asbestos-containing products like building materials can now be imprisoned for up to five years, under new customs laws.
Two employers have been fined a total of $180,000 after a worker died falling 11 metres thorough a skylight, while a company has been handed a second round of fines for asbestos and document-request breaches, just five months after it and its two directors were fined $605,000 under environment laws.
Victoria will introduce industrial manslaughter laws, Australia's highest maximum work safety fine of more than $16 million, and special workers' comp benefits for emergency workers, after Labor retained power in Saturday's State election.
Australia's next asbestos management plan will focus on developing a "convincing and comprehensive business case" for the prioritised removal of the deadly substance over in situ management in workplaces and elsewhere, the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency revealed today.
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