Urgent Help with sick building in australia please

[Guest guest]

I would be very grateful if anyone would be able to refer me to any

publications, legislation etc to assist me in the following matter.

(At best a starting point and some structure to enable me to

investigate as thoroughly and time effeciently as possible.(

I am currently investigating the illness of a close friend who works

in a building that has in the past 18 months had a) leaking

airconditioning system & b)Water damage to walls, ceilings and floors

as the roof leaks each and every time it rains. The office is

located on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and we do have relatively

high humidity. On inspection of the premises we have uncovered what

appears to be fine mould particles located on the airvent directly

above her work station and on other vents in the office. Since

working in the office this individual has suffered upper respitory

tract infections, symptoms likened to a severe head cold, head aches,

wheezing, lack of concentration / difficulty focusing, inability to

think clearly, chronic fatigue. Outside the office environment all

symtpoms except the inablilty to think clearly and the feelings of

exhaustion all but disappear over a few hours. Any test for

legionaires has come back negative and she has been diagnosed over

the last months as having pneumonia and is constantly on antibiotics

and a ventolin inhaler. (this is an above averagely fit and healthy

individual who's health has deterioted substanitially over the past

12 - 18 months.

This person has been stonewalled by ineffective contact with direct

workplace health and saftey officers and over the last 3 days has

tendered resignation due to continued illness and fustration over the

companies inaction. She has yet to put any complaint in wrighting to

parties outside the company as we are in the early stages of

assessing how best to handle the situation. Anything in wrighting

goes to the workplace health and saftey governing body who then will

assess the severity of her complaint and decide from there what level

of investiation to undertake. They will not guarantee me or my client

to mould test. Any advice that can assist us in our action plan is

very much appreciated.