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A coronial inquest will investigate whether an aged care facility in Adelaide's inner north appropriately treated the bed sores a 79-year-old man with dementia developed in the lead-up to his…
June 2, 2026
· 1 min read
Hundreds of mourners farewell WA's longest-serving parliamentarian, war hero Bill Grayden, at his state funeral in Perth.
June 2, 2026
· 1 min read
Karen Holmes lost a son to cancer, then her home in Yorkshire to a fire; the house is now refurbished but its meaning has gone Karen Holmes is sitting in…
June 2, 2026
· 1 min read
Death and dying
My husband, Craig, didn’t want to spend his last days in the hospital. His fight with bladder cancer then became a battle to get him hospice care at home“This isn’t…
June 1, 2026
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Sorting, wearing and even reworking some of Mum’s wardrobe has given me a way to keep her closeOnly my mum would insist on buying a designer swimsuit on her deathbed.…
May 31, 2026
· 1 min read
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Despite widespread support in polls, the number of people who actually go through with the practice remains very small.
May 30, 2026
· 1 min read
Fires
The blaze reportedly started when a student set a mattress on fire inside the school's dormitory, with a further 79 students taken to hospital with injuries.
May 28, 2026
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Bereavement
I tried everything from gong baths to junk food and intermittent crying as I attempted to deal with my grief. Nothing helped – until I started tuning in to what…
May 26, 2026
· 2 min read
Family
Deathbed advice | Dangerous deference | Marks & Spencer | Stephen Yaxley-Lennon | Readers’ readsPolly Hudson’s piece on her relationship with her dad felt so poignant (My dad was far…
May 24, 2026
· 1 min read
Assisted dying
British photographer collaborates with Dignity in Dying in run-up to private member’s ballot, after stalling of England and Wales bill in LordsJust before Christmas 2023, the renowned British photographer and…
May 17, 2026
· 1 min read