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Samantha LandyCommercial partnerships editor

As the commercial partnerships editor for Victoria, Sam works with News Corp Australia’s commercial partners to achieve earned editorial coverage in the metro mastheads, with a focus on the Herald Sun. She was previously the Herald Sun’s real estate editor, having joined News Corp Australia’s Victorian real estate team in 2015. She started at News Corp in 2011 as an editorial assistant, going on to complete a year-long trainee journalism course across five publications, including the Geelong Advertiser and Weekly Times, and then becoming a general news reporter at the Herald Sun.

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Robyn Powell from Geelong, Victoria, who died at age 60 while waiting for a lung transplant, with daughter Jessie Powell. For DonateLife 2022 coverage.

‘Devastating’: mum dies waiting for transplant

The daughter of a Geelong woman who tragically died after a lung donor match could not be found is urging Aussies to take the “quick and easy” steps to register as organ donors.

3 year olds Zoe Gallacher and Riley Swander who have both had liver transplants. DonateLife Week and run on Sunday July 24. Picture: David Caird

Register as an organ donor and save lives

Up to seven lives can be saved through organ transplants, along with many others through eye and tissue donation. And it’s never been quicker and easier to register as a donor.

3 year olds Riley Swander, Zoe Gallacher and Ashleen Kainth, who have all had liver transplants. DonateLife Week and run on Sunday July 24. Picture: David Caird

‘Our little girl was really in trouble’

Zoe Gallacher had a lifesaving liver transplant days before first birthday. Two years on, this selfless gift has allowed her to be normal kid – and meet two girls with similar stories.

Nurses Mary Young and Laura Sadler with Professor Chien-Li Holmes-Liew (centre) of South Australia's lung transplant unit based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Picture: supplied

How SA’s lung transplant team beat global odds

The state’s only two lung transplant doctors – a husband and wife team – decided to divide to conquer “huge” international fatality rates of up to 45 per cent during Covid.

JULY 14, 2022: Double-lung transplant recipient Flynn OÃMalley at Aldinga Beach. PHOTO: Brenton Edwards

Four organ recipients ‘honour’ donors

Flynn O’Malley, 23, is on his third set of lungs after a series of unlucky events. He and other recipients tell why they’re “forever grateful” in a push to get Aussies to register as donors.

Louissa Chalk is a heart transplant recipient, and is now on the waiting list for a kidney, Thursday, June 30, 2022 - Picture: Richard Walker

‘I was terrified’: What it’s like to wait for a new organ

Louissa Chalk has died twice, received a new heart and now needs a new kidney. She and other Australians reveal what it’s like to be on the waitlist for a lifesaving transplant.

HOLD FOR SUNDAY HERALD SUNÃÃ Erin Clare at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. Erin is playing the part made famous by Dolly Parton in the 1980 film and will be dressed in glam clothing. Picture: Alex Coppel.

How Dolly’s musical celebrates ‘the underdogs’

Hit musical 9 To 5 has opened in Melbourne after extensive Covid delays, starring Erin Clare, Casey Donovan, Marina Prior and Eddie Perfect. Take a sneak peek.

HOLD FOR SUNDAY HERALD SUNÃÃChristine Cherry and her 11-year-old daughter, Alexis, who were part of a national kidney exchange program when she was just three years old. It's for a story set to run nationally this Sunday as part of our ongoing DonateLife organ and tissue donation campaign. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Mum’s gift saves three-year-old’s life

Christine Cherry’s offer to give her dying daughter her kidney led to them joining a program that’s now matching organ donors and recipients across two countries.

Urgent plea for Aussies to become organ donors

Urgent plea for Aussies to become organ donors

Organ donation plummeted during Covid – and now 13 million Australians are being urged to take the 60 seconds required to register as donors to help save lives.

ACMI Light: Works from Tate’s Collection exhibition. Raemar, Blue, 1969, James Turrell. Picture: Chen Hao

‘Hotline Bling’ artwork shines at ACMI’s Light

A 217-year-old apocalyptic painting and an installation that inspired a Drake music video are among the must-see works at ACMI’s new exhibit.

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