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Report says shopping centres riddled with bacteria

18 Apr 2012

The NSW & VIC hygiene audits were featured on The World Today. more

The Project reports on our dirty shopping centres

18 Apr 2012

Channel Ten's The Project takes a light-hearted look at a very serious subject: the dangerously filthy state of our shopping centres. more

Channel Ten News reports on our dirty shopping centres

18 Apr 2012

Channel Ten News reports on independent hygiene expert Peter Guerin's audit of our shopping centres, which revealed that many are crawling with dangerous bacteria because cleaners are not given time to do their jobs properly. more

Channel Nine News reports on our filthy shopping centres

18 Apr 2012

Channel Nine News reports on the release of a hygiene audit of shopping centres by independent cleaning expert Peter Guerin, which found that malls are crawling with disease because cleaners are not given enough time to do their jobs properly. more

Shopping centres dirtier after cleaning

17 Apr 2012

By AAP, A damning new report on some NSW shopping centres has found excessive levels of bacteria on public eating surfaces and in the toilets. more

Clean tables more of a health risk than dirty, study finds

17 Apr 2012

by Lisa Power, The Daily Telegraph, BEWARE of choosing a freshly cleaned table at the local shopping centre food court it could be teeming with more bacteria than the dirty table next door. more

Dangerous bacteria plague Melbourne's dirty shopping centres

17 Apr 2012

by Shannon Deery, Herald Sun, MELBOURNE shopping centres are crawling with potentially deadly bacteria. more

Peter Guerin talks to Channel 10 Breakfast

17 Apr 2012

Independent hygiene expert Peter Guerin talks to Channel 10 Breakfast about the shocking findings of his scientific audit of Melbourne shopping centres, which found high-chairs, change tables and food courts crawling with bacteria. more

Cleaners' union dishes dirt on shopping centres

17 Apr 2012

From: ABC News, The union representing cleaners says a new report that finds New South Wales shopping centres are dirty and unhygienic shows the effects of slashing cleaning contracts. more

Shopping centre audit sounds warning on high-chairs and change tables

17 Apr 2012

Independent hygiene expert warns parents on the dangers of high-chairs and baby change tables in shopping centres - many of which registered dangerous levels of bacteria because cleaners are not given time to clean properly. more

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