Calls for tougher asbestos penalties

The Senate Inquiry into Non-Conforming Building Products handed down its interim report ‘protecting Australians from the threat of asbestos’ yesterday - to read the report click HERE.  

The federal government is being urged to consider increasing penalties for illegally importing asbestos. The Senate committee said it was concerned by the apparent lack of enforcement of the ban on asbestos since it came into force in 2003.

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