The Australian Border Force (ABF) notified Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) about the detection of asbestos containing Fire Rated Board (FRB) imported into Australia.

Read about the update on asbestos in fire doors.

Starting 1 August, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will begin auditing businesses operating from buildings constructed before 1990 and those likely containing asbestos.

A proactive audit program of Queensland companies that manufacture and supply landscaping products has detected a small amount of asbestos in a stockpile of soil at a business, NuGrow in Ipswich.

Read about the update on asbestos in soil.

Our investigation into the supply chain has identified sites that may have received soil potentially contaminated with asbestos.

A demolition company has been fined $100,000 and a conviction recorded for tearing down two houses in suburban Brisbane using an excavator, without first safely removing asbestos sheeting.