Park Overhaul Call After Asbestos Found Near NSW Playground

The discovery of further asbestos near a children’s playground has prompted the urgent removal of garden mulch at the new inner Sydney park. Seven pieces of the potentially hazardous material have been found across the Rozelle Parklands since a child brought home asbestos earlier this week, prompting their carer to alert authorities. The child had been playing in a garden bed adjacent to the playground. Local father and Inner West Council Mayor Darcy Byrne called for all the mulch to be replaced with organic, verifiably safe material, as used in the playground. “Clearly, the entire batch of mulch that has been used in the parklands poses a risk to the safety of local residents,” he said in a statement on Jan. 12....