Looks like it’s not just Sydney that has a problem with lazy disposal of building rubble. Only buy from reputable suppliers peeps.

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      There’s a lot of asbestos out there. They can’t really be expected to test literally everything for asbestos imho.

      This is probably yet another case caused by the dodgy building industry

      When I bought my house, I asked about asbestos, and the building inspector missed a lot of it, and the real estate agent claimed there was none. There was lots

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    Am I missing something, here? Is this all about a single piece of asbestos found by a dude in one playground? That isn’t enough to rustle my jimmy’s, yet. That could be anything - It could even have been introduced by a member of the public similar to the strawberry thing.

    This is a bit different to several asbestos pieces across dozens of sites in Sydney.

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      It raised concerns over free mulch being advertised on popular online marketplaces and said it was recently contacted by a Heathmont resident who received free mulch last year that included building rubble, including asbestos.

      Above quote shows that there’s a problem here too with contaminated mulch. And taking into account the traditional rivalry between Melb and Syd, it appears that we have a problem too. Just not as big a problem - yet.