The Long Term Management of Loose Fill Asbestos Insulation in Canberra Homes report (4.8 MB) provides an overview of the history of loose fill asbestos in Canberra. It helped inform the ACT Government’s response.
Mr Fluffy and the ACT Government response
Mr Fluffy is the commonly used name for the asbestos fluff insulation installed by D. Jansen & Co. Pty Ltd and its successor firms, which installed loose fill asbestos insulation between 1968 and 1978–79 in Canberra and, it is believed, the surrounding region.
After extensive discussions with experts, asbestos assessors and homeowners in 2014, the ACT Government determined that demolition of each affected house was the only enduring solution to the health risks as well as the social, practical and financial consequences being faced by owners of affected properties.
The ACT Government has since worked with owners and residents through the Loose Fill Asbestos Insulation Eradication Scheme and voluntary buyback program, and continues to do so to achieve an enduring solution.
Legacy project
In 2019, a consultation process was undertaken to seek community views on opportunities to acknowledge the impacts of Mr Fluffy loose fill asbestos insulation in the ACT. The legacy project’s key themes are:
- Learning lessons and documenting knowledge
- Tracking the ongoing health impacts
- Supporting families now and in the future
- Recording the stories and personal experiences
- Establishing a place of reflection
- Supporting education and research
The Community and Expert Reference Group who led the consultation made 13 recommendations in the report to the ACT Government following the consultation program.
On 7 May 2020, the ACT Government tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly the Mr Fluffy Legacy Project—Consultation Outcomes Report and Recommendations (9.0 MB) and the Government Response (316.3 KB). You can also read the Mr Fluffy Legacy Project – Executive Summary (4.5 MB).
The ACT Government’s response commits to projects that reflect the wide-ranging impact Mr Fluffy had, and continues to have, on the lives of homeowners, tenants, neighbours and the community.
A number of these projects are ongoing.
More information
Download:
- Long Term Management of Loose Fill Asbestos Insulation in Canberra Homes Report (4.8 MB)
- The ACT Government’s Preferred Way Forward on Loose Fill Asbestos: Overview (731.6 KB)
- The ACT Government’s Preferred Way Forward on Loose Fill Asbestos – Supporting Detail (1.2 MB)
- Mr Fluffy Legacy Project—Consultation Outcomes Report and Recommendations (9.0 MB)
- The Government Response: Mr Fluffy Legacy Project - Consultation Outcomes Report and Recommendations (316.3 KB)
- Mr Fluffy Legacy Project – Executive Summary (4.5 MB)
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