After the suicides of two young Indigenous women in a Melbourne mental health ward,the women’s parents are demanding answers and justice.
They’re not family,but they’re familiar – and it’s those who serve our communities whose loss can cut deeply.
Danielle and Stephen Iskander left Northern Hospital without their first child,who died after unreasonable delays in performing an emergency caesarean.
The car enthusiast didn’t like cemeteries or the idea of cremation,so he was slipped into the Southern Ocean off Portland.
Alan Hamilton was laid to rest not in the ground but in the ocean,120km off Portland,Victoria,last month. Supplied by Candour Funerals/Filmed and edited by Michael J Lutman
Hay,population 3000,is bucking the trend of declining swimming carnivals with a large carnival and two weeks of swimming lessons for every primary student. Using its 50-metre pool is free.
Never underestimate the power of comedy to make a statement.
The artist and festival director on the link between songlines and welcomes to Country – and the tragic reason why she hasn’t celebrated her birthday for years.
The partner and son of 53-year-old Rachael Dixon have spoken out,a year after she died after drinking mushroom tea at a health retreat.
The corporate watchdog has blasted top superannuation executives for failing to prioritise grieving families when paying out their members’ death benefits.