Barham, Jan to the Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, and Minister for the Illawarra
representing the Minister for Health, and Minister for Medical Research
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Regarding Baryulgil, a remote Aboriginal community north of Grafton, where
asbestos was mined and milled from the early 1940s until 1979:
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- Has the Government carried out an assessment of the extent of damage to the
health of the residential Aboriginal community caused by asbestos exposure?
- If so, when was it conducted and what were the conclusions?
- Is the Government engaging in any ongoing monitoring of asbestos-related
disease risks and incidence in the Baryulgil community?
- Has the Government implemented any programs or services, for example,
health checks, to address the issue of asbestos-related health impacts in the
Baryulgil community and in the few surviving miners who worked at
Baryulgil?
- How is the Government responding to and liaising with local doctors who,
according to the ABC News report of 30 January 2014, state that they 'are
diagnosing new cases of asbestos-related illnesses regularly' both in the few
surviving miners as well as in the people who, as children, played 'in the pile
of asbestos tailings left lying around.'?
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