Accountability and asbestos: why the James Hardie compo model won't work for Telstra

Authors

Lee Moerman, University of WollongongFollow
Sandra van der Laan, University of SydneyFollow

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91513

Publication Details

Moerman, L. & van der Laan, S. (2013). Accountability and asbestos: why the James Hardie compo model won't work for Telstra. The Conversation, 9 July 1-3.

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Abstract

The toxic health effects of asbestos have been a prominent feature of the Australian industrial landscape for decades. The not-insignificant financial responsibility for asbestos-related compensation claims came to a head with the corporate reorganisation of the James Hardie group beginning in 2001 with the quarantining and subsequent isolation of asbestos liabilities in Australia.