Teachers, students exposed to asbestos at Sunnybank State High School amid ‘disturbing reports’ of teachers writing in dust

Students and teachers at a Brisbane high school were exposed to asbestos last year after a contractor penetrated the ceiling and walls of a building known to contain the potentially deadly material, it has been revealed.

Builders struck an area of Sunnybank State High School known to contain asbestos in October last year while installing air-conditioning.

Seven weeks later, four contaminated blocks of…