Willoughby CIty Council is the 2011 Local Government Winner of the A.R. Bluett Award. This award is recognised as the greatest accolade a council can achieve.
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The NSW Government has established a central coordination body, the Heads of Asbestos Coordination Authorities (HACA), to improve the management, monitoring and response to asbestos issues by developing coordinated prevention programs.
Due to the complexity of asbestos issues it is essential that consistent information is available across government agencies and Local Councils to work in collaboration to provide the safe management of asbestos.
One initiative which has come from HACA is the Local Government Fact Sheet on asbestos. The Fact Sheet provides a minimum standard of information for basic requirements on health effects, safe management, safe removal, safe disposal and who to contact. It also provides a diagrammatic on where asbestos may be found in a typical home.
The Local Council fact sheet is available online from WorkCover. Hard copies are available from Council's Customer Services Centre. You can access Council's Handling and Disposal of Asbestos policy on our Policies page.
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