People living with engineered stone benchtops should not fear for their health. But would-be renovators should rethink their options Anna Power, architect and director at Studio Ester, remembers her ...

Engineered stone benchtops are on the way out in Australia following a nationwide ban that will come into effect later this year. If you’re mid-way through a build or renovation or thinking of ...

The National Dust Disease Taskforce is preparing to read submissions next week on how best to handle the resurgence of the fatal lung disease silicosis. This can develop after breathing in silica dust ...

Jacqui Lambie has made a brutal call on an “embarrassing” detail after Ikea and Bunnings pulled a series of products from their shelves. Swedish furniture giant Ikea scrapped a range of trendy kitchen ...

Ikea has been accused of “hypocrisy” amid a call for the furniture giant to pull a range of kitchen benchtops due to its links to a fatal disease. A letter sent to Australian chief executive Mirja ...

Australia has an obsession with one deadly building product and the nation’s peak trade body is planning a bombshell move. The Australian Council of Trade Unions, the nation’s peak tradie body, ...

Swedish furniture giant Ikea scrapped a range of trendy kitchen benchtops from its shelves on Tuesday, following in the footsteps of Bunnings, after a Safe Work Australia report recommended an ...

Tony Burke says governments should act ‘as soon as possible for people to be safe’ The Australian workplace safety watchdog has recommended a national ban on engineered stone and a special licensing ...

IKEA has been accused of 'hypocrisy' amid a call for the furniture giant to pull a range of kitchen benchtops due to its links to a fatal disease. A letter sent to Australian chief executive Mirja ...

A product popular with DIY enthusiasts and renovators should be immediately moved from shelves amid concerns it could be linked to a fatal disease. A letter sent to Australian chief executive Mirja ...