The ACT has closed 70 schools over the coloured sand asbestos scare. Why is it the only jurisdiction to do so?

More than 70 schools across the ACT will remain closed after some of Australia’s biggest retailers pulled popular play sand ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand were closed on Monday for cleaning after asbestos was discovered in widely used children’s play sand products. Recalls have been ...

More recalls, more Canberra school closures, and the sand has been found at over 100 sites in South Australia.

For the first time since federation, the three tiers of government in Australia are poised to collect more than $1 trillion ...

Store chains Kmart and Target have recalled a sand product after traces of asbestos were detected, with authorities saying a ...

School-leavers will descend on the Gold Coast later this week. The lack of drug-checking services for them – and the state – ...

S chools will stay shut in the ACT and South Australia today amid the ongoing fallout to recalls of popular play sand that ...

Strangulation during sex is becoming “normalised” among young Australians in a dangerous trend that has triggered urgent ...

Former A-League great David Williams has won the Coach of the Year at the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Nearly 70 schools in Australia have temporarily closed after play sand they used was found to contain asbestos. Tests of the colourful sand showed it contained tremolite asbestos, a naturally ...

The ACT will close more schools after additional coloured sand products were recalled by Kmart and Target, while the schools ...