Residents of Areyonga, an aboriginal community about 200 kilometers southwest of Alice Springs, Australia, raised health concerns about exposed asbestos, ABC News reports.
Jenny Macklin, the Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, says that an environmental assessment of the danger posed by…
Margaret Lawson of Sydney, Australia, on April 13, 2009, was posthumously awarded AUD500,000 from James Hardie Industries N.V. after the Court of Appeal upheld an award by the Dust Diseases Tribunal for AUD350,000 in compensation and nearly AUD200,000 as a…
Tony Lo Presti’s lawyers argue that the Ford Motor Company should pay the legal costs for Mr. Lo Presti’s trial, ABC News reports.
In 2008, Mr. Lo Presti was awarded AUD840,000 after a judge found that the Company’s negligence caused his…
A substance believed to contain asbestos was found at the HMAS Albatross in Australia, on March 27, 2009, preventing Australian Defence Force cadets from using the building, the South Coast Register reports.
The substance, found underneath the cadets’ building, was believed…
Asbestos has been removed from the abandoned Uniting Church building, which is located in the aboriginal community of Pukatja, South Australia, ABC News reports.
Jonathan Nicholls from UnitingCare Wesley says the asbestos has worried the community because of the health risks.…
An asbestos study, conducted by Cement Australia and the Australian Workers’ Union, is ongoing in Tasmania, Australia, Mesothelioma reports.
Railton, a Tasmania-based cement plant, made asbestos-related products between the years of 1947 and 1986. The new owners of the plant, Cement…
James Hardie Industries N.V. is considering transferring its corporate headquarters from The Netherlands to the United States, where the Company’s operational headquarters are already located, The Age reports.
Hardie had insisted its move to the Netherlands was purely tax- related and…