Asbestos and importing products from overseas: How can laws and the Health and Professional better balance commercial pressures and risk?

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Topic to be discussed

Asbestos and importing products from overseas: How can laws and the Health and Professional better balance commercial pressures and risk? (this is an analysis of law and Australian Law in particular)

Structure of assignment

Abstract

-summary of paper

Introduction

-talk about the ban of asbestos

-the history and significance of the ban

-why was it banned in australia

- talk about the ban in australia

-later on the ban of importation of the product in australia

- what products are coming through that contain asbestos- construction materials

-How is it still being imported (asbestos interim report that was in the brief as an attachment)

-talk about legislation of laws in australia

Case Study

- What is happening in terms of importation of asbestos

-What are the risks of importation of asbestos

-Legal aspects - cases of importation, what was done

-Precedent world cases pref- UK, or US(as in Australia no one has been prosecuted for the importation of asbestos) - to discuss what was implemented to monitor the importation of asbestos in legislations wise

- how was the introduction of laws to monitor the importation helped and the responsibilities of ohs officers 

Laws:

- What can be added to better monitor the importation of asbestos into Australia

- what can safety proffestionals do to help combat this