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Asbestos Education for All

This section offers resources, aiming to inform individuals across different backgrounds. 

Watch in your language 

Cumberland Council has developed an engaging, short, animated video focused on sharing the very basics about asbestos with anyone who will listen! It has been translated into five additional languages to help new Australians in particular to understand a material that may not have been as common in their country of origin. 

Watch videos

English: https://youtu.be/auQC_DW0sT4 

Arabic: https://youtu.be/gBzh4W1YQ10 

Farsi: https://youtu.be/aHZXnb7BFdQ

Hindi: https://youtu.be/zm29TU9ZG48 

Simplified Chinese: https://youtu.be/J3aDxuSTfHQ

Tamil: https://youtu.be/M614ibC6XCU

Download factsheets

English: HCC_J005_asbestos_website_fact_sheet_final_ENGLISH_WEB_0.pdf

Arabic: HCC_J005_asbestos_website_fact_ARABIC_Updated_WEB.pdf

Farsi: HCC_J005_asbestos_website_fact_FARSI_updated_WEB.pdf

Hindi: HCC_J005_asbestos_website_fact_HINDI_Updated_WEB.pdf

Simplified Chinese: HCC_J005_asbestos_website_fact_CHINESE_Updated_WEB.pdf

Tamil: HCC_J005_asbestos_website_fact_TAMIL_Updated_WEB.pdf

 

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

Cumberland City Council acknowledges the Darug Nation and People as Traditional Custodians of the land on which the Cumberland Local Government Area (LGA) is situated and pays respect to Aboriginal Elders both past, present and future. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples of Australia. Cumberland City Council also acknowledges other Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander Peoples living in the Cumberland LGA and reaffirms that we will work closely with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to advance reconciliation within the area.

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