10 December 2008: ABC’s New Home in Brisbane Secured

ABC Managing Director Mark Scott announced that a new accommodation site has been secured for ABC staff in Brisbane in South Bank, at the corner of Grey and Russell Streets in the cultural heart of Brisbane. Construction of the new building is scheduled to begin in early 2009 with the project expected to be completed in late 2011.

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• Final Test Results Received - ABC Toowong (Staff Announcement) (15 December 2008)
• Passive Ionising Radiation Monitoring Report - ARPANSA (PDF) (15 December 2008)
• Response from Professor Bruce Armstrong regarding possible exposure to thoron at the Former ABC studios at Toowong (PDF) (15 December 2008)
• ABC’s New Home in Brisbane Secured (Media Release) (10 December 2008)
• Soil Sampling Results ABC Toowong (PDF) (25 February 2008)
• ABC Secures New Home for Brisbane Staff (PDF) (22 November 2007)
• ABC Secures New Home for Brisbane Staff (Media Release) (22 November 2007)
• Interim Report presented to staff (21 December 2006)
  On Thursday 21 December 2006, ABC Managing Director Mark Scott and Dr Bruce Armstrong met with Brisbane staff where Dr Armstrong presented the investigation panel’s third progress report.
• Further Investigations to be Conducted at ABC Brisbane (6 November 2007)
  
• Expert Panel Delivers Final Report On ABC Toowong Site (13 June 2007)
  Media Release
• Final Report of the Independent Review and Scientific Investigation Panel - Breast Cancer at ABC Toowong Queensland (13 June 2007)
• The ARPANSA Report (February 2007) -
  Assessment of Exposure to Power Frequency Magnetic Fields in the ABC TV Building at Toowong, Brisbane
• Professor Armstrong's summary of the ARPANSA Report (15 March 2007)
• Electromagnetic Field Testing at ABC Toowong (19 Mar 2007)
  Media Release
• Radio Program Transcript - The Health Report, Radio National, Broadcast: 5/2/2007
  "The inside story - breast cancer incidents at the ABC's Brisbane offices" Reporter: Norman Swan (mp3 format [14 MB])
• Radio Program Transcript - The Media Report, Radio National, Broadcast: 1/2/2007
  "Brisbane ABC on the move" Reporter: Antony Funnell (pdf)| MP3 (mp3 format [14.1MB])
• Interview with Professor Armstrong: Audio (Mp3 format) (29 Jan 2007)
• Interview with Managing Director Mark Scott: Audio (Mp3 format) (29 Jan 2007)
• ABC Media Release: Expert Panel Reports on ABC Toowong site
• Third Progress Report by Expert Panel - ABC Toowong (pdf)
• Monash University Report - ABC Toowong: Hazards Assessment and Further Monitoring Requirements, by Geza Benke, PhD (pdf)
• Second Progress Report by Expert Panel - ABC Toowong (pdf)
• TV Program Transcript - 7.30 Report, Broadcast: 25/10/2006
  "BREAST CANCER RATES ON THE WAY UP" Reporter: Mark Bannerman (pdf)| Video (WMV format [51Mb])
• ABC Media Release: New Studies to be completed on ABC Toowong site
• First Progress Report by Expert Panel - ABC Toowong (document)
• Review and Scientific Investigation Panel Terms of Reference - ABC Toowong
• Staff Reference Group Terms of Reference - ABC Toowong
• ABC Media Release: New appointments to expert panel investigating ABC Toowong
• ABC Media Release: Expert Panel Investigation into ABC premises at Toowong
• Questions and Answers
• Interview with Professor Armstrong: Audio (Mp3 format) | Transcript (pdf)
• Interview with Managing Director Mark Scott: Audio (Mp3 format) | Transcript (pdf)
• Queensland Health investigation into breast cancer incidence at ABC Toowong (pdf)
• Queensland Health addendum to report on investigation into breast cancer incidence at ABC Toowong (pdf)
• RF Hazard Control Document (pdf)
• Staff update 220405 (pdf)
• All staff memo - epidemiological survey (pdf)
• Invitation - Breast cancer information session (pdf)
• All staff memo - EMR survey (pdf)
• Breastscreen under 40 (pdf)
• Invitation - EMR information session (pdf)
• ABC Toowong EMR Survey Report (pdf)
• Letter from Queensland Cancer Fund (pdf)
• Queensland Health fact sheet: Cancer - types and causes (pdf)
• Queensland Health fact sheet: Cancer clusters (pdf)
• BreastScreen Taringa Central - new service (pdf)
• Breast cancer fact file
• National Breast Cancer Centre - Breast health (external)
• Breast Cancer Network Australia (external)
• Health Insite (external)