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We tend to hold the view that certain members of society are with us for life.

‘The shock is startling’: Grieving the death of my GP

They’re not family, but they’re familiar – and it’s those who serve our communities whose loss can cut deeply.

  • Jonathan Seidler

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Danielle and Steven Iskander still wonder if the care they received at Northern Hospital had have been different their firstborn child Mia might still be alive.

Baby Mia lived for only eight hours. Her parents still wonder if hospital staff could have saved her

Danielle and Stephen Iskander left Northern Hospital without their first child, who died after unreasonable delays in performing an emergency caesarean.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Travis Hamilton’s dad, Alan, wanted to be buried at sea.

‘Put me in the ocean’: Alan Hamilton wanted to be buried at sea, but it’s a rare and challenging feat

The car enthusiast didn’t like cemeteries or the idea of cremation, so he was slipped into the Southern Ocean off Portland.

  • Carolyn Webb
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
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Final farewell: Rare sea burial carried out for Melbourne man

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

Sione Polhill and Bella Garner have travelled from Hay, NSW, to participate in a swimming carnival in Sydney.

The free public pool Jack built to stop ‘haunting’ fears of parents

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.

  • Julie Power
Deborah Frances-White hosts the global hit podcast, The Guilty Feminist.

You’d be shocked by how much my siblings and I laughed when our father died

Never underestimate the power of comedy to make a statement.

  • Deborah Frances-White
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“Australia prides itself on religious freedom. But you won’t accept our Welcome to Country?”

‘Honey, we’re not doing it for you’: Rhoda Roberts on the welcome-to-Country backlash

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.

  • Benjamin Law
Matt Mountain said he misses his mother, Rachael Dixon, every day.

‘Be careful’: Family’s warning before mother died after drinking magic mushroom tea

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.

  • Alexis Daish and Cassandra Morgan
ASIC chair Joe Longo at an Autralian Institute of Company Directors’ conference this month after announcing the regulator was suing AustralianSuper.

Grieving Australians are suffering because of super fund failure: ASIC

The corporate watchdog has blasted top superannuation executives for failing to prioritise grieving families when paying out their members’ death benefits.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Naureen Choudhry and her father Jamil Choudhry hold hands.

Ramadan is a time to find peace and solace. For Naureen it has been so much more this year

Ramadan is a time for Muslims to reflect. When it coincides with personal grief, it can also become a channel for healing.

  • Naureen Choudhry

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