Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

COUNCILS landed with the job of making sure DIY renovators handle potentially deadly asbestos safely can take some comfort in the knowledge people are more aware of the dangers. Most people ...

Parents yesterday expressed outrage that an unlicensed property-owner had been removing asbestos from the walls of a house just metres from a Kilburn primary school. SafeWork SA inspectors were ...

The rise of DIY home renovations — fuelled by reality TV shows — could lead to a "third wave" of asbestos-related diseases in Australia, experts have warned. Government agency finds asbestos awareness ...

HOME renovators are risking death by not protecting themselves from asbestos, according to an article in the Medical Journal of Australia. Research based on a NSW questionnaire shows around six in ten ...

AROUND six in ten DIY renovators have been exposed to asbestos, but fewer than 15 per cent regularly use protection. Research based on a NSW questionnaire shows around six in ten DIY renovators have ...