22 November 2010: Tasmania is not expected to have a dedicated asbestos disease compensation scheme for some time, angering people living with the effects of asbestos exposure.

7 December 2010: THE Commonwealth will lend the NSW Government up to $160 million to ensure asbestos victims and their families continue to be compensated.

11 December 2010: A retired mechanic has become the first person to win compensation for deadly lung cancer caused by asbestos dust from car brakes.

17 December 2010: … The decision has been slammed by those who’ve championed the cause for asbestos victims. (audio and transcript)

25 March 2011: Unions have welcomed draft legislation to compensate people who develop asbestos-related disease after workplace exposure.

27 April 2011: A Central West farming family is taking the NSW Government to the Land and Environment Court over its approval of a basalt quarry on an old asbestos site abutting its property.

20 September, 2011: Asbestos sufferers face continued uncertainty over their payments after the tax office today decided to seek leave to appeal to the High Court against a decision to award James Hardie a refund of $240 million.

26 October, 2011: A WA father who was exposed to asbestos dumped by James Hardie on an orphanage and children’s railway has been awarded $2.07 million compensation by the Western Australian Supreme Court.

3 May, 2012: In what is considered a landmark case for duties of company Directors, the High Court of Australia has found seven Directors of the James Hardie group breached duties by approving of misleading statements released to the stock exchange.

August 3, 2012: The ETU (Electrical Trades Union) is considering taking a wage dispute related to asbestos at a QLD construction site to Federal Court.