Death and Dying

The House of Commons' vote paves the way for assisted dying to be offered to those with terminal illnesses.

The father of Victorian 14-year-old Krystal Cain says forensic testing has confirmed that human remains found six weeks ago near Booubyjan are his daughter's.

James Beauregard-Smith was jailed for murdering his former partner Sandra Holland and her two sons Craig, 9, and Scott, 11, in July 1977. Just a week after he was granted parole, he raped a 21-year-old woman and has remained in custody ever since.

As part of an ABC investigation, more than half a dozen emergency sources have claimed the SES volunteers were not needed on the job that day and were unaware a different crew had already assisted the family.

Australia is on track to record its deadliest year in more than a decade after the number of people who lost their lives on the nation's road passed 1,000.

In 2014, Darren Lehmann answered the phone with news that would bear one of the most tragic moments in Australian sport. In a time when Australia is now searching for a Test opener, Phil Hughes should have been entering the twilight of his Test career. 10 years on from Hughes' death, it still hits home for many in the cricket world.

Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British journalist who became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the saga A Woman of Substance and who wrote more than a dozen other novels that sold tens of millions of copies, has died at age of 91. 

Mark Jones says the government of Laos cannot let his daughter's death be in vain, after the 19-year-old girl fell ill and died from methanol poisoning.

A football team in Melbourne's south was holding a vigil for two of its players who were poisoned overseas, when news of Ms Bowles death arrived. 

Italian tourist Gabriele Cairo, who was driving a campervan in regional SA when he caused a crash that left a woman and her parents dead, is handed a suspended sentence over what the judge described as a "true tragedy for everyone involved".

Broken Hill local June Marie Bennett, who played Shirl in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is remembered by friends and family as "a born performer" with an "incredible love for life".

A third person has died after a mass poisoning incident left two Danes dead, while 19-year-olds Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones are fighting for their lives.

A Gold Coast man previously charged over the death of his former partner has maintained his innocence despite being urged to "go deep into your heart" and be honest about how she died.

His death was announced by tribute band The Best of the Bee Gees, who he toured with extensively over the past five years.

Queensland man Dale Simpson should be getting ready for his engagement party this weekend. Instead, his family is preparing for his funeral after a tragic mountain bike accident.

Four crewmen died in the crash in north Queensland in July last year. A sixth round of hearings into what happened is in Brisbane this week. 

Bruce McGowan felt privileged to hold his wife Belinda as she died, and now wants all palliative care patients to have the option to be close to loved ones at the end of their life.

David Cunningham's sister was murdered while hitchhiking in Queensland. Over 50 years on, he wants a commission of inquiry into the case.

A small town that was rocked when a truck veered into a pre-school playground, killing 43-year-old Eleanor Bryant and injuring a child, is coming to terms with the tragedy.

A caravan park owner called police when two geologists, who regularly stayed at her park, didn't return from a day out prospecting. She's described them as friendly, conscientious and dedicated to their work.