This report details the results of a randomised control trial to determine which financial incentives would encourage homeowners to proactively remove asbestos from their properties. The online study found that financial incentives could encourage asbestos removal if they cut immediate costs and provide additional benefits.

Australia has one of the highest measured incidence rates of mesothelioma in the world. Each year in Australia, between 700 and 800 people are diagnosed with this rare and aggressive cancer, caused by exposure to asbestos. This report presents the latest available data on the effectiveness of current policies in how to deal with asbestos...

This report presents information on occupational asbestos exposure in Australia, using data from the Australian Mesothelioma Registry (AMR). The report presents results for the three most commonly assigned job-specific modules (or ‘categories’) – ‘Trades’, ‘Land transport’ and ‘Water transport’.

This report, commissioned by the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency, measures the medical and economic opportunity costs associated with asbestos-related disease. The report looks at the direct health care costs, as well as the cost of productivity and other losses resulting from time out of the workforce due to an asbestos-related disease in one year...

This report presents eleven case studies of significant asbestos removal works in the built environment.