A study published last year by Curtin University estimated more than 275,000 workers nationally,including tunnellers,miners,construction workers and stonemasons,are exposed to high levels of crystalline silica.

Why Sydney tunnel workers remain at severe risk from toxic dust

As a respiratory physician,I am very concerned about the health risks facing tunnel workers who may be inhaling deadly silica dust.

  • byDeborah Yates
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Fisherman Jack Martin at Tower Beach.

Fresh tests ordered for cancer-causing chemicals at popular Sydney beach

The Botany Bay waters where young families swim and fishermen cast their lines has not been tested since 2018. That’s about to change.

  • byAlexandra Smith andCindy Yin
An artist’s impression of the 29-unit housing block that Homes NSW is proposing to build for seniors in Riverwood in Sydney’s south.

Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!

With the number of homeless aged people on the rise,how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.

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