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With more of us passing on our inheritances while we live, an increasing number of Australians are looking beyond the family tree when estate planning.

Your inheritance should make a difference – but not just for your kids

With more of us passing on our inheritances while we live, an increasing number of Australians are looking beyond the family tree when estate planning.

  • Noel Whittaker

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Children’s Cancer Foundation chair Jaala Pulford.

Royal Children’s Hospital’s key donors hit back at claims they caused lay-offs

Donors to the Royal Children’s Hospital say they are committed to ensuring programs in the cancer centre continue to be funded.

  • Broede Carmody, Brittany Busch and Ashleigh McMillan

A chance moment on a restful weekend away changed my life

It was while watching breakfast television that I first realised I had ovarian cancer symptoms.

  • Melanie McQuire
UN peacekeepers patrol the street in Juba, South Sudan, in February.

Trump’s aid cuts claim early victims after three-hour walk in 40-degree heat

The deaths of eight people, including five children, are among the first to be directly attributed to the cuts imposed by the US president.

  • Aaron Ross
Tracy Dods outside Katoomba Local Court on an earlier hearing date.

Tracy cared for hundreds of injured kangaroos. One case led to a criminal conviction

A former WIRES volunteer convicted of aggravated animal cruelty over her care of an injured kangaroo has vowed to appeal, saying the decision puts all wildlife carers at risk.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
“People say grief gets easier over time. That’s bullshit; it gets harder. But you’ve also got to get on.”

‘It gets harder. But you’ve got to get on’: Skye Leckie on the myths around grief

The philanthropist opens up about missing her late husband, TV executive David Leckie – and the day he compared her to Kerry Packer.

  • Benjamin Law
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Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and Prince Harry at Sentebale’s Mamohato Children’s Centre in Maseru, Lesotho, on October 1.

‘Heartbroken’ Prince Harry has quit his ‘forget-me-not’ charity over infighting

The British Charity Commission said it was looking into “concerns about the governance of Sentebale”.

  • Victoria Ward
Heidi Bradshaw

‘Dirty dancing’ charity boss suspended, hit with new allegations

Heidi Bradshaw has been suspended following allegations she perpetuated a “toxic” workplace and used employee emails to vote for herself in a local hero award.

  • Amber Schultz
Heidi Bradshaw

Lavish parties and lewd behaviour: Charity boss accused over ‘highly sexualised workplace’

Award-winning charity boss Heidi Bradshaw is accused of perpetuating a culture that former staff labelled “vulgar” and “toxic”.

  • Amber Schultz
Former WIRES volunteer Tracy Dods has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty over a kangaroo in her care.

Verdict over injured kangaroo to send ‘shockwaves’ through animal rescue community

A woman who cared for hundreds of kangaroos over five years as a volunteer for wildlife rescue service WIRES has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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