Death and Dying

Two Sunshine North men were killed when the factory they were sleeping in was destroyed by a fire that police believe was deliberately lit.

South Australia's public health department suspends 10 staff over allegations they "inappropriately" accessed the medical records of a patient ABC News understands to be the SA police commissioner's son. 

A passenger who was on the bus when it crashed in Queensland, killing three people, says she thought she was going to die in the tragedy.

A deadly stampede broke out at a religious festival in north India, killing at least 100 people and hospitalising more than 150.

A coronial inquiry has heard mental health and cultural training would have been unlikely to prevent a Yamatji woman's death.

Firefighters say they tried to reach the man but were forced to withdraw after the blaze took hold.

The first study tracking the murder of children by parents in domestic violence situations is released.

Mr T Wurramarrba, who led the push for the Anindilyakwa people of the Northern Territory to regain local autonomy, is being celebrated by Indigenous traditional owners as a tireless leader and reformer.  

Police say initial investigations into a fatal bus crash in north Queensland show the Greyhound bus travelled onto the wrong side of the road before colliding with a four-wheel drive towing a caravan.

Three palliative care nurses with decades of experience alongside death share their lessons on how to live and die well.

A new report released by the NSW government on the first three months of voluntary assisted dying provides data on how many people have taken up the service, with supporters welcoming the results.

Martin Mull appeared in beloved roles such as private eye Gene Parmesan on Arrested Development and would be nominated for an Emmy in 2016 for a guest turn on Veep as Bob Bradley. 

In 2021, a woman raised concerns about a staff member at a major Tasmanian hospital who issued a death certificate for her grandmother. That staff member responded they had the proper authorisation — as it turns out, they did not. Now, a total of 29 deaths at the LGH will be referred to the coroner.

A baby who died in squalid conditions on a fold-out couch at a home in regional SA would have been removed from the property days earlier if child protection authorities had responded to an early warning, a coronial inquest concludes.

The court heard Francesco Dimasi, 92, was bed-ridden and suffering dementia and would not be entering a plea to one count of murder "at all, based on mental fitness".

Looking for an environmentally useful alternative to a traditional burial or cremation? In an Australian first, this all-natural burial cemetery might just be your idea of heaven.

Two men, a woman and a teenage boy were among the bodies found in a Broadmeadows home in northern Melbourne.

Dr Mosley's wife, Clare Bailey, has thanked supporters for their "outpouring of love" after her husband's death on the Greek holiday island of Symi earlier this month. 

The search for a former real estate agent who had not been seen since late May has ended with the discovery of his body in central Victoria.

Forensic officers investigating the shooting death of Natalie Frahm in Mackay continued to work at the scene over the weekend. Could tougher firearms laws have prevented the tragedy?

An independent inquiry into an ill-fated MRH-90 Taipan crash reveals the mindset of soldiers hours before the accident, amid claims of a "toxic" workplace culture.

The day after Zoe Strickland's son took his own life, she picked up a Sharpie pen and drew a picture. It would become the first entry in a series of grief diaries, and the birth of her stick figure character, Doodle Lady.

Businessman Peter Teakle transformed his family's wine label printing business into a global multi-million-dollar company before opening a winery and restaurant.

Known for his intensity on screen, Donald Sutherland was a beloved actor. Here we look back on his varied film career that included Klute, Casanova, M*A*S*H and The Hunger Games.

The use of ground penetrating radar to help solve crimes is well known, but recently it's played a major role in helping Australian South Sea Islander communities find the missing bodies of long-lost ancestors.