ME Jukes & Son Ltd owner Trevor Jukes and Cheryl Taylor (health and safety support) in the business's asbestos isolation area with kinetic sand products deposited by several schools. Schools and ...

A New South Wales after-school hours operator said an asbestos removal company wanted to charge her more than $14,000 to vacuum up a few clumps of recalled coloured sand that had spilled onto a carpet ...

Concern grows across the country about asbestos continamination in play sand, as more schools and early learning centres close for testing. Source: Supplied/NCA Newswire With hundreds of schools and ...

The rapid response by education departments, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and various work safety agencies has been a whirlwind since Wednesday. Last Wednesday, the ACCC ...

Can this coloured sand be deadly? As schools are closed amid a nationwide recall, we explain the risks if your kids have been exposed to play sand containing asbestos. The rapid response by education ...

As specialist cleaners in hazmat suits move in to SA schools, here’s everything you need to know about the kinetic sand contamination crisis. On Monday, the clean-up began and sites were added to a ...

Kmart NZ Magic Sands products are being recalled after asbestos was detected. They are the 14-piece Sandcastle Building Set and the Blue, Green and Pink Magic Sand sets. Two Canterbury schools have ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Kinetic chief executive Michael Sewards says the bus and rail network operator’s new private-equity backer will help it accelerate ...