Marking 12 years campaigning in the prevention of asbestos-related diseases 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of National Asbestos Awareness Month.

This year also marks 12 years of Australia’s longest-running, multi-award winning annual asbestos education campaign warning homeowners, renovators and tradies of the dangers of asbestos and directs them to Australia’s most comprehensive source of asbestos information and resources at asbstosawareness.com.au where they can learn how to manage asbestos safely.

Since launching in 2011 for Asbestos Awareness Week, the campaign has grown into National Asbestos Awareness Month winning multiple peer-reviewed awards both nationally and internationally and has been acknowledged in parliaments across Australia and global medical journals as a leading initiative in the prevention of asbestos-related diseases.

In December 2022 Advocacy Australia was recognized with two Golden Target Awards for the 2021 campaign.

The importance of continuing the National Asbestos Awareness Month campaign and the asbestosawareness.com.au website in the prevention of asbestos-related diseases cannot be overstated.

With funding for the campaign ceasing in 2018 and funding to keep the website live concluding in January 2019, to help save lives the campaign is being conducted in a pro-bono capacity.

To continue the campaign and keep the website live beyond 2023, funding is desperately needed.

ASBESTOSAWARENESS.COM.AU

asbestosawareness.com.au is Australia’s leading, most comprehensive trusted source of asbestos information dedicated to educating the community about the dangers of asbestos with a specific focus on homeowners, renovators, tradies, commercial property managers and the owners and managers of regional properties where naturally occurring asbestos can be found.

Since launching on Monday 21 November 2011, the asbestosawareness.com.au website has had:

• Over 2.5 million pageviews
• Over 1.1 million sessions
• Over 815,000 unique users
• Asbestos information resources accessed from the website:
  • Over 1500 resources are available to the public to download. 107 are flyers, fact sheets, posters and templates with the remaining being images, graphics, presentations and videos.
  • These resources have been accessed over 600,000 times

Visit asbestosawareness.com.au for information and useful, practical resources including:

• Asbestos in Your Home – The Ultimate Renovators Guide (Easy to follow video hosted and produced by Australia’s Renovation Queen™ and Asbestos Awareness Ambassador, Cherie Barber)
• Asbestos Awareness Residential Property Checklist – A Homeowner’s Guide to Identifying Asbestos-Containing Materials (User-friendly step-by-step guide to identifying asbestos in the home)
• Asbestos Awareness – 20 Point Safety Check (Asbestos risks and how to manage asbestos safely)
• Fact Sheets for Homeowners (When, why and how to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Asbestos Awareness Toolbox Talks (10 Toolbox Talks to help employers better inform workers of asbestos risks )
• Asbestos Awareness for Young Workers (Education resource developed with SafeWork NSW )
• Asbestos Awareness – 20 Point Safety Check (Asbestos risks and how to manage asbestos safely)
• Residential Checklist for Tradies – A Tradespersons Guide to Asbestos (Identify the product types and locations)
• Trade Specific Checklist for Tradies – A Tradespersons Guide to Asbestos (Tailored to 23 specific trades)
• Fact Sheets for Tradies (When, why and how to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Asbestos Product Database (Australia’s first comprehensive online asbestos product database)
• Asbestos Management for Commercial and Non-Residential Properties (Australia’s only online resource)