Schools will stay shut in the ACT and South Australia today amid the ongoing fallout to recalls of popular play sand that may contain asbestos products last week.

The sand has been found in dozens of schools in both jurisdictions.

After the recalls widened to include products sold at Kmart and Target, ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry announced yesterday afternoon that most of the territory's schools would be closed today.

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Last night, the government said it had started auditing all public schools for the affected products, listing 71 that would be closed, with just 23 opening.

The announcement followed more closures on Friday.

Berry said "unfortunately, this could take days" for asbestos contractors to "test, remediate and clear the spaces for use again".

In South Australia, 130 schools were reported to have the sand but it was still sealed in 88 of the education facilities, meaning loose sand was found at 20 schools.

The SA government said some classrooms would be closed today for cleaning but a list was not freely available. Parents were urged to watch for communication from their schools.

No schools were listed as closed in NSW, Victoria or Queensland.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued three separate recalls for play and decorative sand in the past week, including a 14-piece sand castle building set and magic sand in blue, green and pink – all sold at Kmart and Target – at the weekend.

"The products may cause a risk to health as asbestos has been detected in some samples after laboratory testing," ACCC Product Safety said.

"Importantly, respirable asbestos has not been detected in any of the tested samples.

"The release of respirable asbestos fibres is unlikely to occur in its current state, unless the sand is processed by mechanical means such as crushing or pulverising.

"The risk that any asbestos found, that is likely to be airborne or fine enough for inhalation, is low."

The Kadink Decorative Sand 10g six-pack was pulled from Officeworks shelves on Friday, two days after Educational Colours issued a recall for a range of its products sold across Officeworks and other retailers over the past five years. 

Customers have been told to stop using the products immediately and safely dispose of them.

"Wear disposable gloves and a mask and either return in the original tub or place the sand in a heavy-duty plastic bag and double tape it securely and keep it out of reach of children," the recall notice said.

"Do not dispose of the products in general waste."

Information on the disposal of asbestos waste, including disposal facilities in your state or territory can be found on The Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency website.

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A Queensland cosmetic tattoo artist who helps breast cancer survivors says it is almost impossible to share photos and videos of her work on social media.

Rachel Cahn, who runs Tinted Love in Noosa, specialises in creating tattoo areolas for clients who have undergone mastectomies and no longer have nipples.

Being able to provide realistic-looking, 3D areola tattoos for cancer survivors was deeply meaningful, Cahn said.

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"This art is not just about aesthetics; it's often the final step in helping survivors to reclaim their bodies and restore their sense of hope and dignity," she said.

Areola tattooing is a relatively new procedure available for breast cancer survivors and Cahn said she was therefore keen to let as many women as possible know about it.

However, social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok were constantly banning her photos and videos due to them being flagged as showing nudity, Cahn said.

"Social media platforms can't distinguish the difference between nudity and art," she said.

"I can't post anything on TikTok, they don't really allow any of my work."

Likewise, Cahn said photos she posted to Facebook showing areola tattoos were often banned, after which she needed to go through a time-consuming process to have them reinstated.

Cahn said other restrictions had been placed on her accounts, such as Instagram banning her from posting live videos for 12 months and Facebook blocking her from inviting people to join her page.

The cosmetic tattooist said she also suspected her accounts had been "shadow banned".

"Shadow banning is where you don't come up in people's feeds," she explained. 

"You're not on the 'explore' page. People try and type in your name, and it doesn't come up."  

The actions of the social media giants appear to directly contradict their policies on allowing photos and videos of breast mastectomies for education and advocacy purposes.

"We agree that undergoing life-changing experience and that sharing photos can help raise awareness about breast cancer and support the men and women facing a diagnosis, undergoing treatment or living with the scars of cancer," Facebook says on its website. 

"The vast majority of these kinds of photos are compliant with our policies."

It is understood that the automated processes used by social media platforms to detect nudity, including nipples, is unable to distinguish between real and tattoo areolas.

Nine.com.au reached out to Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, for comment but did not receive a response before publication.

A spokesperson for TikTok said the platform had worked with Cahl to reinstate two videos which were "incorrectly moderated by our automated systems".

"TikTok's Community Guidelines do not allow nudity or body exposure, but we do allow some content that falls within our limited exception categories," the spokesperson said.

Cahn said she was exhausted by the process of trying to fight the social media companies simply to show her work.

"It is tiring, and I'm wanting women to know that I'm here and what I do, but it doesn't get seen by anyone, and I get all these bans and restrictions and flags," Cahn said.

"And it is so hypocritical because then you see all the hate speech and the violence on social media. 

"Even Instagram says they don't allow photos of buttocks, and I'm just like, come on, that's an absolute joke, every second woman is in a string bikini."

Frustrated, Cahn has started a Change.org petition calling for social media companies to reform the rules for cosmetic tattooists who work with cancer survivors.

"The guidelines need to be changed so that cosmetic tattooers can post these images, so that breast cancer survivors are aware that this service is available. 

"I have a lot of women that actually come in here and they say that they didn't even know the service was available until I posted something in one of the Facebook groups."

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A teenager who climbed a crane 20 storeys high in the middle of Adelaide has been dramatically arrested after more than eight hours of negotiation.

Police were notified that a man was sitting on the edge of the machinery on a commercial building site on the corner of King William and Gilbert streets about 8pm yesterday.

The scene drew crowds of anxious people underneath.

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"At one point, he went from the inside of the crane to the outside of the crane and was looking down," witness Mikaela Mudie told 9News.

"So that was when we were all really concerned for his safety. And we kept watching, and he kept going higher and higher."

Police officers called in the Special Tasks and Rescue Group and specialist negotiators to persuade the man to safely climb back down.

They tried to reach him from multiple angles, with police climbing up themselves and firefighters flying in from above.

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About 4.30am today, the man finally climbed down.

The 19-year-old from Hackham West was arrested and taken to hospital for assessment.

Police expect to interview him and charge him with trespass and obstructing a public place. 

The crane itself will now need to be checked and calibrated, but it is unlikely to cause any delays to the building project.

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The brother of a driver involved in an accident during a demolition derby say he blacked out before crashing in a country NSW town.

Thirteen people were injured after a car ploughed through a fence and into spectators at the Motorcycle Rally in Walcha, east of Tamworth, about 6.20pm yesterday.

A 54-year-old man with spinal injuries and a man in his 30s with head injuries are fighting for their lives at John Hunter Hospital.

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Six others were in a serious but stable condition and a further five people remained in a stable condition in hospitals and medical centres in Walcha, Armidale and Tamworth.

Two Westpac Rescue helicopters were tasked by NSW Ambulance to attend the scene.

Steven Steven Taylor's brother, Blake, said he hit a car and blacked out.

"My brother Steven has hit a car in the middle of the field," he said, in a video uploaded to social media.

"As he's gone to drive forward, he's blacked out, his foot has been wedged hard on the accelerator to the point he's not stopped."

Taylor returned to the showground today, posting on social media about what happened.

"He's hit the fence, he's hit a grandstand, he's hit a parked Camry here and thrown it into the tree there, skipped it off the tree and into this golf buggy here," he said. 

"Just how something so fun can turn so dangerous, so potentially deadly so quickly.

"We love everyone, we're here to put a show on, not to hurt people."

Police said the car had been competing in a race when it crashed through a fence and hit a mobile grandstand.

They said officers had been told the 27-year-old driver was involved in an on-track collision immediately before his vehicle crashed through the fence.

NSW MP Brendan Moylan said the vehicle had been taking part in a demolition derby as part of the Walcha Motorcycle Rally.

"Thank you so much to the ambos, the police, the SES and everyone involved for their swift and incredibly professional work at the scene," Moylan said in a post on Facebook.

"Like all of us, my thoughts are with everyone affected."

Authorities are now examining the circumstances of the crash and whether adequate safety measures were in place.

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She was last seen wearing a blue beanie, a blue jacket, and dark-coloured trousers.

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Police tonight confirmed four people died in the ‘catastrophic’ Sanson fire.

Locals in a suburb on the NSW South Coast are being told it is too late to leave as a bushfire approaches.

The fire is just a couple of hundred of metres from homes including a retirement village, Coastal Waters Retirement Village in Worrowing Heights, which has told 9News its 500 residents are sheltering in place.

An emergency warning was issued for Worrowing Heights in Shoalhaven this afternoon amid windy and hot weather and remained in place at 7.30pm.

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A fire was burning out of control north of Sanctuary Point, south of The Wool road and to the west and east of Larmer Avenue.

"If you are in the Worrowing Heights area, you are in danger. It is now too late to leave," the warning reads.

"Seek shelter now inside a solid structure such as a house."

Firefighters and water bombing aircraft are attacking the blaze, which flared up in the past two hours, fuelled by gusty, unpredictable winds.

Swampy, dense bushland is making it challenging for crews but they are doing everything they can to protect lives and homes.

Those in the nearby areas of Sanctuary Point, Old Erowal Bay and Erowal Bay were told to prepare to leave.

Firefighters are currently working to slow the spread of the fire, but the wind threatens to blow embers long distances.

Temperatures hit 27 degrees in the area on Sunday afternoon, with winds up to 13km an hour.

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