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Article

22 Dec 2004

Author:
Ean Higgins and Megan Saunders, Australian

Deal puts humanity back into Hardie [Australia]

For Bernie Banton [the vice-president of the Asbestos Diseases Foundation] and Greg Combet [Australian Council of Trade Unions leader], yesterday was the day they broke the back of a corporate dragon, making James Hardie Industries take responsibility for all those killed and maimed by its asbestos products.