My brother Neville, was born in New Zealand.
He now lives in Melbourne,
This photo was taken at my 21st in 1964

 My brother has now been diagnosed with asbestosis.
He was a builder by trade and moved round quite a bit

While working in this trade he demolished, handled, shaped and fixed materials that contained asbestos.

He worked on the building of new housing estates where they used fibro flat sheets for walls, floors, eaves and roofs.
Asbestos cement sheets were also used in the construction of the bathrooms in these estates

2009 showing Neville at the  Airport

Along with other workers who were all in close proximity of each other, he used power saws to cut the asbestos cement sheeting.

He also worked in construction sites of pre-schools where the outside cladding and bathrooms were constructed with asbestos cement fibro sheeting.

Constructed and renovated residential houses and hotels in different areas.

Not one of these places of work was he warned of the danger of asbestos or given protective clothing, equipment, face masks or breathing equipment.

 The asbestos materials never had warnings on them about the dangers of inhalation of asbestos dust and fibres.
There was also the failure to provide adequate ventilation at any of the building sites where my brother worked

"HE NOW HAS"

Asbestosis

Shortness of breath

 Fatigue

 Restricted Mobility

 Impaired lung function

  Pain, shock and anxiety.

Remember This.

My brother did nothing wrong
He did not deserve this
And neither do any other people who have been affected by this terrible product

He is on oxygen so if he wants to travel anywhere, he has to take the supply of it into consideration.
He can't on the spur of the moment, decide to go somewhere and just pack up and go.
No
For him he has to organise the supply of oxygen,
To make sure it is going to be at the other end of his journey before he can leave home.