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Aussies want to celebrate life with food and drink, rather than mourn death with formal gatherings, a recent study has found.

Death and grief should be taught in schools, writes Mel Buttigieg. Here's why.

Australian Cricket legend Ian Chappel features in an Ashes ad you probably weren't expecting.

These final food orders from prisoners on death row might surprise you.

The void left by Dad's empty chair always feels greater at Christmas time, but I've found a way to keep his memory alive.