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'We can survive': how Michelle's grief helps others

'We can survive': how Michelle's grief helps others

Left bereft by her partner's sudden death, social worker Michelle Moriarty set up online grief support networks which have helped hundreds of widowed people.

Demand for assisted dying grows, but barriers remain

Demand for assisted dying grows, but barriers remain

Demand for assisted dying grows, but barriers remain

Demand for assisted dying grows, but barriers remain

A growing number of terminally ill Australians are choosing voluntary assisted dying, but legal hurdles have made access difficult.

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Toby Weston painted his grandfather's fondest memories on the walls of his childhood home, a high school art project that comforts the family through grief.

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Change allows hundreds to end life on their own terms

Change allows hundreds to end life on their own terms

NSW was the last state to legalise voluntary assisted dying and hundreds of people have asked for approval in the first months of the euthanasia scheme.

Death and taxes: Victoria considers probate fee hike

Death and taxes: Victoria considers probate fee hike

The cost of finalising a dead loved one's estate in Victoria could rise by up to 580 per cent under the state government's preferred changes to probate fees.

Catholic cemetery control secured despite duopoly fear

Catholic cemetery control secured despite duopoly fear

The Catholic Church's control of a large share of a lucrative burial business has been locked in under legislation pushed through parliament.

Breathing new life into funeral traditions

Breathing new life into funeral traditions

How Australians celebrate the lives of their loved ones is changing, but some question whether a funeral industry dominated by two major players can keep up.

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Healing heart makes space for mourning miscarriage

Healing heart makes space for mourning miscarriage

Healing heart makes space for mourning miscarriage

Healing heart makes space for mourning miscarriage

A glittering heart marks Australia's first memorial space for babies lost to miscarriage, a brainchild of a woman who knows the grief of losing an unborn child.

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Experts say there needs to be greater design innovation in palliative care but attempts at change are being hamstrung by state governments.

Health retreat shocked over death at 'private event'

Health retreat shocked over death at 'private event'

Health retreat shocked over death at 'private event'

Health retreat shocked over death at 'private event'

The health retreat where one woman died and two others wound up in hospital after consuming a drink has distanced itself from the private event.

Mushroom lunch survivor delivers first sermon

Mushroom lunch survivor delivers first sermon

Mushroom lunch survivor delivers first sermon

Mushroom lunch survivor delivers first sermon

The sole survivor of a mushroom lunch has given a sermon to a congregation at Korumburra Baptist Church, the first since recovering from the deadly meal.

Man charged over crash deaths of boy and woman

Man charged over crash deaths of boy and woman

Man charged over crash deaths of boy and woman

Man charged over crash deaths of boy and woman

A man has been charged over a crash that killed an 11-year-old boy and a 26-year-old woman in regional Victoria.

Three people killed in outback chemical crash inferno

Three people killed in outback chemical crash inferno

Three people killed in outback chemical crash inferno

Three people killed in outback chemical crash inferno

A truck carrying ammonium nitrate and a car have been incinerated in a fiery crash in outback WA, with at least three people killed.

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

First Nations health advocates and leaders are calling on more investment for a preventable heart disease disproportionately affecting Indigenous Australians.

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Rising euthanasia deaths show 'confidence' in Vic laws

A rise in Victorians ending their life with voluntary assisted dying shows growing confidence in the scheme, the state's premier says.

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

A spike in preventable deaths and harm in Victorian hospitals will lead to the creation of an escalation system to allow parents to report their concerns.

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