Richardson Primary School’s lead paint discovery prompts calls for audit, but Education Minister says affected schools are already known

Lead paint has been discovered in a fourth Canberra school in less than a year, but the ACT’s Education Minister says a system-wide review of hazardous materials in schools is already underway.

Unsafe levels of lead in heating system were found at Richardson Primary School, in the ACT’s south, over the school holidays.

The discoveries were made in the boiler room and the heating ducts during routine…