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| UpdatedManus Island police say the death of an Iranian refugee does not appear to be suspicious, but friends and fellow asylum seekers are not convinced.
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| UpdatedMackay funeral director Belinda Hassan says her job gives her an appreciation of life.
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A north Queensland funeral director is opening up about the unspoken parts of her job in an effort to encourage families to have uncomfortable conversations about death and dying.
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| UpdatedThe remains of a man killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre are identified nearly 16 years on, medical examiners say.
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The world athletics championships in London halts to remember Australian great Betty Cuthbert after her death.
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| UpdatedIt cannot be determined if one of two missing fishermen was still alive when his arm was bitten by sharks off Coral Bay in WA's north, an inquest hears.
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| UpdatedAmnesty International is calling for an independent and impartial review into the death of an Iranian asylum seeker on Manus Island as police investigate the circumstances of the man's death.
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The four-time gold medal winner became just as well known for her fundraising for research into multiple sclerosis.
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| UpdatedThe family of one of Syria's best-known democracy activists, Bassel Khatabil Safadi learnt this week that he was executed in 2015.
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| UpdatedThe hours leading to this moment had raced by. My mother lay dying, but we still had an important decision to make, writes Caitlyn Gribbin.
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| UpdatedThe death of a 12-year-old boy during a sports day tug-of-war with a four-wheel drive, known as the "troopy pull", draws a $50,000 fine for NT Christian Schools, which had been facing a possible $1.5 million penalty.
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| UpdatedTwo workers at a Minneapolis school are believed to have died in a blast investigators believe was caused by a natural gas explosion.
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| UpdatedThe body of Australian woman Bronwyn Fielding has been lying in a Ugandan mortuary for five weeks. Her family wants to bring her home — and they want to know why the mother-of-three feared she was being poisoned in the run-up to her death.
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A woman tries to identify every unmarked grave at the Barmera cemetery in South Australia, using old council burial records and cemetery mapping.
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Football commentator and ambassador Les Murray has died aged 71.
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Australian football icon and SBS commentator Les Murray has died aged 71.
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