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'Cherished': Hundreds honour Luke Davies at memorial

'Cherished': Hundreds honour Luke Davies at memorial

Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a memorial in Brisbane to farewell flight attendant Luke Davies, who was killed along with his partner in Sydney.

Shoppers return to 'eerie' shopping mall after massacre

Shoppers return to 'eerie' shopping mall after massacre

Shoppers return to 'eerie' shopping mall after massacre

Shoppers return to 'eerie' shopping mall after massacre

Security guards in stab-proof vests patrolled each floor as the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre reopened after a massacre that killed six people.

'Enough': community rage over violence against women

'Enough': community rage over violence against women

'Enough': community rage over violence against women

'Enough': community rage over violence against women

Members of a community connected through the tragedies of three women allegedly murdered by men have come together to express their grief, solidarity and rage.

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Urgent meeting sought over $550m War Memorial upgrade

Urgent meeting sought over $550m War Memorial upgrade

As findings of cost blowouts and conflicts of interests swirl around, the government has sought an urgent briefing with the national audit office.

Vietnam War monument vandalised with Gaza message

Vietnam War monument vandalised with Gaza message

A memorial for Vietnam War veterans has been defaced with graffiti about the conflict in Gaza, with the RSL urging protesters to rethink their approach.

Bus Stop a route to remembering Holocaust atrocities

Bus Stop a route to remembering Holocaust atrocities

A new installation at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum invites people to reflect on how to remember Nazi atrocities from the other side of the world.

Family seeks justice 20 years after TJ Hickey's death

Family seeks justice 20 years after TJ Hickey's death

Thomas "TJ" Hickey was just 17 when he was impaled on a fence following an interaction with police and 20 years later his family is still fighting in his name.

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'Waiting in silence': POWs honoured on 20th anniversary

'Waiting in silence': POWs honoured on 20th anniversary

'Waiting in silence': POWs honoured on 20th anniversary

'Waiting in silence': POWs honoured on 20th anniversary

Anthony Albanese says Australian prisoner of war stories need to be told, while paying homage to one prisoner of the Japanese who became a "tower of humanity".

Mourners farewell slain 'legendary' country cop

Mourners farewell slain 'legendary' country cop

Mourners farewell slain 'legendary' country cop

Mourners farewell slain 'legendary' country cop

A police funeral to honour the life of officer Jason Doig, who was killed at an isolated rural property, has been told he was kind, caring, generous and unique.

Mourners farewell 'force of nature' Charlie Stevens

Mourners farewell 'force of nature' Charlie Stevens

Mourners farewell 'force of nature' Charlie Stevens

Mourners farewell 'force of nature' Charlie Stevens

Friends and strangers alike have commemorated the life of Charlie Stevens, son of SA top cop Grant Stevens, after his death earlier this month.

'Missing chapter' of history honoured after 80 years

'Missing chapter' of history honoured after 80 years

'Missing chapter' of history honoured after 80 years

'Missing chapter' of history honoured after 80 years

The greatest loss of life in Australia's maritime history will be commemorated nine months after the shipwreck's discovery and 80 years after its sinking.

'Unrelenting': Victorians walk against family violence

'Unrelenting': Victorians walk against family violence

'Unrelenting': Victorians walk against family violence

'Unrelenting': Victorians walk against family violence

Melbourne's city was awash with orange as family violence survivors and their supporters took to the streets for the annual Walk Against Family Violence.

'Vibrant' Lilie James celebrated and farewelled

'Vibrant' Lilie James celebrated and farewelled

'Vibrant' Lilie James celebrated and farewelled

'Vibrant' Lilie James celebrated and farewelled

Mourners have gathered for a private ceremony to farewell 21-year-old Lilie James, who was remembered as living each day to the fullest.

'A wonderful symbol': tree marks paramedic's sacrifice

'A wonderful symbol': tree marks paramedic's sacrifice

'A wonderful symbol': tree marks paramedic's sacrifice

'A wonderful symbol': tree marks paramedic's sacrifice

The family of slain paramedic Steven Tougher have planted a fig in his memory in an emotional ceremony in Sydney.

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Posters of Israeli hostages vandalised at Bondi Beach

Posters of Israeli hostages at Bondi Beach have been vandalised amid heightened tensions in Australia over the Gaza conflict.

Years-long battle for children's crash memorial over

Three years after three siblings and their cousin were ploughed down by a speeding, drunk-driver, a golf club has approved plans for a private memorial.

'Hearts broken': memorial honours victims of bus crash

Victims, survivors and first responders have been honoured at a public memorial in Singleton for those killed in the Hunter Valley bus crash.

'Our world has changed': Jewish community mourns

Thousands have gathered in Sydney's east to commemorate the deaths of Israeli civilians, many clutching flags and carrying signs reading "safety is a right".

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Contentious long-time grand mufti dies aged 82

Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilali has died after a controversial public life, which included his jailing in Egypt and comparing women to exposed meat.

Mourners gather to remember mushroom poisoning victim

Heather Wilkinson has been remembered at a public memorial service, almost two months after she died from suspected mushroom poisoning.

'Bright, brave': fallen police forever remembered

Two police constables gunned down at a remote property are among those being remembered at poignant services across Australia for officers killed on duty.

Public memorial to honour Hunter bus crash victims

Victims, survivors and first responders involved in a fatal bus crash following a wedding reception in the NSW Hunter will be honoured at a public memorial.

War crimes panel added to Ben Roberts-Smith display

The Australian War Memorial has added a message to a display acknowledging Ben Roberts-Smith was found to have unlawfully killed people in Afghanistan.

Projection premiere lights up Shrine of Remembrance

A world-premiere projection work has lit up The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne for the end of the Now or Never festival.

Mushroom victims farewelled as 'pillars of community'

Don and Gail Patterson have been honoured in a public memorial service as speculation swirls about what led to their suspected mushroom poisoning deaths.

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