Abbott asked for gippsland asbestos research funds from his Queensland Government because it was on top of the $4.2 billion federal government was spending on this study to come in and assess and report the risks.
"Why is it there?" Abbott asked.
"The Government said that asbestos was less of a risk to Queensland than cigarettes are or that lead did not exist or some such thing," O'Brien said.
"The reason they need to ask for funding is because asbestos is a risk to people of all ages. It's a much less dangerous and less expensive material for children to come into contact with.
"In comparison with the tobacco that we're looking at there is very little risk to the public and it's all due to the health benefits that those who take it."
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The study would look at the health risks of asbestos and asbestos-related illnesses and the ways it could be introduced as a material in homes and buildings.
A spokesman for the Queensland Health Authority said it will not participate in the asbestos study or fund it.
"It would need to be developed from Queensland resources, or that would need to be taken from another state."
Dr O'Brien is currently speaking to State Government health officials about asbestos testing for the new health and safety legislation, which is also expected to be voted on early next week.
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The Health Legislation Amendment Bill to the Environment Ministerial Bill has also been put to a public consultation.
The consultation will now move up to the Senate floor in August before being voted on and passed into law.
While it does not prohibit an asbestos research project, Professor O'Brien said the Government would have to demonstrate it is a health benefit of a material.
He said a Government proposal could include asbestos as a biological material that would allow for further research to be undertaken, with research done on how to produce the material safely and legally, as well as testing it and looking at ways it could be safely introduced in schools, hospitals and homes. <a href=https://www.khangheshlaghi.com/>카지노</a>
Call for rank and file vote in newcastle councillors' election - the second straight one with an election now underway as city leaders try to get rid of the city's unpopular council, which is based in South Queensferry.
The latest round of the council election has pitted business leaders, a veteran council member and the anti-councillor No 3 from the ruling council.
"This council is nothing short of toxic," declared council candidate Jim McAllister last night, with the council's five councillors having failed to be re-elected in last week's election after being replaced by unelected councillors.
'They know what we're up against'
Labour's Peter McInnes, who has led opposition to the two leaders, said he could vote for the winner but that Mr McAllister was right on the issue of whether the council should be dissolved.
"This is our challenge today, to say no to the two leaders and to say no to them in the council chambers," he told BBC One Scotland.
"The council has a mandate from the people of Newcastle to run its business effectively in the city, so it is not just the two candidates in the race that are wrong, but all of them have been wrong over the course of the last three years and that is why I would rather have them stand down in October than have them put the question ahead of November."
Labour will win one seat and five councillors at next week's election. At this rate, it will be the worst-ever defeat for Labour.
Labour candidate James McDermott said he believed voters could see through the false promises made by Mr McInnes.
"The fact is he has said all sorts of things that are completely untrue that he has not said anywhere that has changed his opinion about the council," said Mr McDermott.
"It is a matter of truth and transparency; they <the>candidates] have got the facts from council as to whether the council should be dissolved or not.
"They know what we're up against. They know that with every second they spend on advertising they will see no change in Newcastle council, they're out to destroy it.
"It is not just the two individuals that have been wrong; the voters have not seen a single thing from the councillors either. To think otherwise is pure cynical politics."
'No more cronyism, no more corruption'
Labour will stand leader Sir Iain Macwhirter in the council election after winning two councils last week - with Mr McAllister going to the party conference.
This afternoon he said he did not believe the Labour candidate would need a recount to win and urged supporters to register to vote.
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