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A grassroots fight to save a rare remnant of Port Adelaide working waterfront history has been lost, with Shed 26 demolished today.
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The Adelaide sub-branch of the Labor Party has passed a motion deploring the demolition of Port Adelaide’s Shed 26, calling on the State Opposition to advocate for its preservation.
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EXCLUSIVE | SafeWork SA temporarily banned a local contractor from demolishing Port Adelaide’s Shed 26, less than a month after issuing a prohibition notice on the same company’s work on a Waymouth Street site, InDaily can reveal.
A CFMEU audit of Port Adelaide dockyards Shed 26 has found dozens of alleged health and safety law breaches at the site, including unprotected workers disturbing broken suspected asbestos, no first aid equipment or emergency plans, unprotected gaps in the floor and railings that could allow falls from a height.
EXCLUSIVE | The construction union says workers at Port Adelaide’s Shed 26 have likely been exposed to disturbed asbestos, and that its officials and nearby schoolchildren may have also come into contact with the deadly fibres.
Presenter of popular UK television series Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud, has thrown his weight behind the campaign to stop Port Adelaide’s historic Shed 26 from demolition, as activists prepare to hold a protest tomorrow.
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