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ACTU calls on Govt to phase out importation of asbestos
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On the same day that a South Australian woman has received a record payout for pain and suffering from an asbestos-related disease, a meeting of the Federal and State Workplace Relations Ministers in Melbourne agreed to yet more time-consuming consultation on phasing out the importation of the deadly substances. This follows last week’s snap maritime union ban on handling asbestos, an action which seriously threatens production at Australia’s biggest brake lining plant, situated in western Victoria. On this program a decade ago, the same manufacturer, Bendix Mintex, declared its intention to find an alternative to the asbestos used in its brake linings. Despite that undertaking, Bendix Mintex has continued to use asbestos, but yesterday found itself in crisis talks with the ACTU as the the union action began to bite. More : abc.net.au |
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