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Queensland man wins record $1.9m asbestos compensation claim

PerthNow · 13 October 2026 at 3:03 pm

Queensland man wins record $1.9m asbestos compensation claim

A Queensland man who has only a handful of years left to live has been awarded Australia’s biggest asbestos compensation payment.

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