Death
‘To a certain extent, I’ve been in denial’: Ray Martin on life’s great mystery
He climbed to the pinnacle of Australian TV journalism. What challenge was left? The ultimate one.
- by Tim Elliott
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Estate planning
Death and taxes are inevitable. Here’s how retirees can minimise the latter
If couples and families don’t put proper preparations in place, serious financial problems can emerge when a loved one dies.
- by Noel Whittaker
My mother’s anxieties about something happening were always there. Now I know why
A tragic accident would shape my mother’s life – and impact my own a generation later.
- by Alice Robinson
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I think my dead dog, Maggie, is communicating with me through FM radio
The death of my dog and the incredible story of a letter to a local newspaper from a dying man going viral and being read by millions have got me thinking about my own mortality.
- by Kate Halfpenny
‘Every serving of grief is a full serve’: The challenge of losing a twin in utero
It’s a loss that triggers contradictory emotions: how to square the happiness that one survived with an enduring sadness that the other didn’t?
- by Shelley Eves
Iconic fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76
A hero to a generation of people seeking weight loss transformation, fitness guru Richard Simmons was found dead at his Los Angeles home, aged 76.
- by Mark Kennedy
Scanning the dead: The machine replacing autopsies
Dr Chris O’Donnell is a necro-radiologist. In layman’s terms, he’s a scanner of the dead.
- by Margaret Gordon
Opinion
Estate planning
Three things to keep in mind when planning your will
Twelve million Australians do not have a will, and 60 per cent have never given a thought to estate planning. That’s a serious situation.
- by Noel Whittaker
Catholics have been handed five Sydney cemeteries. It’s left one other faith outraged
A Muslim cemetery provider has accused the government of prioritising the Catholic Church, as crossbench MPs say a bill was rammed through parliament to avoid scrutiny.
- by Max Maddison
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Please do this before you die. I just did and it nearly killed me
We shouldn’t be fearful about making a will. We should be terrified about what happens when we don’t make one.
- by Jenna Price
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State Parliament
Sydney is running out of burial plots. Not everyone agrees on the solution
The government’s solution to Sydney’s cemeteries crisis has been blasted as handing over control of social infrastructure to the Catholic Church.
- by Max Maddison
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