Times Past: October 8, 1987

Jasper Lindell
October 8 2019 - 12:00am

Years before the the ACT government took on a loan of $1 billion to launch a scheme to buy back and demolish houses which had been insulated with loose-fill asbestos and thought to have been cleaned, The Canberra Times reported authorities were first warned about the possible health impacts of asbestos insulation in 1968.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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