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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.

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.

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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

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

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

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

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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.

Rising euthanasia deaths show 'confidence' in Vic laws

Rising euthanasia deaths show 'confidence' in Vic laws

Rising euthanasia deaths show 'confidence' in Vic laws

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

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

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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