Asbestos Businesses in Queensland, Australia
Queensland regulates asbestos under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and WHS Regulation 2011. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ), part of the Office of Industrial Relations, is the regulator. It issues licences, enforces compliance, and investigates incidents. Queensland adopted the national model WHS laws and publishes approved Codes of Practice on managing and removing asbestos that carry legal weight.
Queensland's asbestos rules are spread across 10 separate statutes administered by different state agencies and local councils, which makes it a wider regulatory web than most jurisdictions. For asbestos-contaminated land, the Department of Environment maintains the Environmental Management Register (EMR) and Contaminated Land Register (CLR) under the Environmental Protection Act 1994. Properties with asbestos in soil may need to be listed, and removing contaminated soil from listed sites requires a Soil Disposal Permit. The state runs a portal at asbestos.qld.gov.au, and all buildings built before 1990 that are used as workplaces must have an asbestos register.
Queensland is part of the ASSEA Asbestos National Strategic Plan 2024-2030. While each state still runs its own regulator and enforcement, the national plan is pushing toward a more consistent approach to proactive asbestos removal across the country.
Licensing
The standard two tiers apply. Class A covers friable asbestos, Class B covers more than 10 square metres of non-friable. Both licences last five years and are issued to the PCBU (person conducting a business or undertaking), not to individuals. Class A supervisors need at least three years of industry experience after completing the relevant removal and supervision competencies. A separate Asbestos Assessor licence is needed for air monitoring and clearance inspections on Class A jobs.
Legislation & Codes of Practice
National Resources
Asbestos disposal: There are 68 licensed waste disposal facilities in this region.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Deimos Demolition and Asbestos
Highfields, Queensland
Asbestos removal, concrete cutting and demolition contractor based in Highfields, Toowoomba. DAIA member.
View DetailsBiloela Trap Gully Landfill
Mount Murchison, Queensland
Biloela Trap Gully Landfill is a licensed asbestos waste disposal facility in Mount Murchison, QLD. Source: Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) national disposal facility directory.
View DetailsWarrens Hill Landfill & Resource Recovery Centre
Blackrock, Queensland
Warrens Hill Landfill & Resource Recovery Centre is a licensed asbestos waste disposal facility in Blackrock, QLD. Source: Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) national disposal facility directory.
View DetailsDalby Waste and Recycling Centre
Dalby, Queensland
Dalby Waste and Recycling Centre is a licensed asbestos waste disposal facility in Dalby, QLD. Source: Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) national disposal facility directory.
View DetailsStubley Street Landfill & Resource Recovery Area
Toll, Queensland
Stubley Street Landfill & Resource Recovery Area is a licensed asbestos waste disposal facility in Toll, QLD. Source: Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) national disposal facility directory.
View DetailsDemolition Solutions
Burleigh Heads, Queensland
Demolition Solutions provides demolition, asbestos removal, and strip-out services for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings and structures across Australia.
View DetailsCaloundra Landfill & Resource Recovery Centre
Caloundra, Queensland
Caloundra Landfill & Resource Recovery Centre is a licensed asbestos waste disposal facility in Caloundra, QLD. Source: Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) national disposal facility directory.
View DetailsWinton Landfill
Winton, Queensland
Winton Landfill is a licensed asbestos waste disposal facility in Winton, QLD. Source: Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) national disposal facility directory.
View DetailsCorvex
Morningside, Queensland
Corvex is an Australian-owned asbestos and hazardous materials removal contractor working across the east coast of Australia. It removes friable and non-friable asbestos from residential, commercial and industrial sites, and also offers mould remediation, lead dust and paint abatement, silica dust services, contaminated land work and non-structural demolition and internal strip-outs. Projects listed on its website include Queen's Wharf in Brisbane, Sydney Fish Market and flood-affected schools in northern NSW. DAIA member.
View DetailsKirknie Landfill
Home Hill, Queensland
Kirknie Landfill is a licensed asbestos waste disposal facility in Home Hill, QLD. Source: Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) national disposal facility directory.
View DetailsQED Environmental Services
West Leederville, Western Australia
QED Environmental Services is Australia's foremost authority in environmental services for the built environment, providing safety, compliance, and performance assessments of indoor spaces with over 30 years of experience.
View DetailsSAES (Safe Aires)
Everton Park, Queensland
Safe Air Environmental Services (SAES) is a Queensland occupational health and safety and environmental monitoring consultancy. Its asbestos services include inspections and sampling, compliance and pre-demolition surveys, management plans, air monitoring, clearance certification, removal superintendence and NATA laboratory services for asbestos identification and fibre monitoring. It handles asbestos in buildings and in soil for domestic, commercial and industrial clients, and also offers asbestos awareness training plus water quality, air quality and hazardous substance testing. DAIA member.
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