"AustraliaA complete ban on asbestos-containing material in Australia was introduced in 1991 although some building materials in storage were still being used in the years that followed. Queensland began regulation of asbestos removal and disposal in 2005. Handlers of asbestos materials must have a B-Class license for bonded asbestos and an A-Class license for friable asbestos.
The town of Wittenoom, in Western Australia was built around a (blue) asbestos mine. The entire town continues to be contaminated, and has been degazetted, allowing local authorities to remove references to Wittenoom from maps and roadsigns.”
The use of asbestos as a building material ceased in 1986. With this in mind entries have been included in this schedule requiring that records that relate to building construction, maintenance, fit out, make good and movement, on buildings constructed before 1986, be retained until 2040. At that time their continuing retention will be reviewed in light of asbestos-related claims that may have developed over the intervening forty years.