The Departure

14/09/2025

A new free website under construction to help find a death doula near you!

If you are a death doula and you’d like to be included please send an email to ask.deniselove@gmail.com with these details:
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Region, as in town, city, state
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14/09/2025

From the search for Daniel Morcombe to a flaming roadside torso, Queensland's top forensics cop deals with some of the state's worst crimes — when she's not identifying fallen Australians on WWI battlefields.

12/09/2025

10/09/2025

It’s that time of year again! We are looking for volunteer moderators to help with online sessions at the 5th annual Lifting the Lid International Festival of Death and Dying, 14-16 November 2025.

Lifting The Lid is an annual, online festival that lifts the lid on everything death & dying, through conversations, interactive events, workshops, art and craft sessions, live music, poetry and performance from around the world.

Featuring an international line-up of end of life and palliative carers, funeral directors, grief supporters, artists, musicians, writers, doctors, filmmakers, pet bereavement counsellors, academics, change makers and everyone in between. Lifting The Lid is informative, creative, fun, joyful and life affirming, catering for people of all levels of interest.

If you are interested in volunteering a few hours of your time to facilitate for our presenters and audience from over 40 countries worldwide, please do drop us an email at liftingthelid2021@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you.

10/09/2025

"I started off doing a lot of one-woman shows so I’ve played the character of my mother a lot. This time around in Congratulations, Get Rich!, there’s three of us on stage playing grandmother, mother and daughter, but we all look the same age. My mother took her own life at age 45 but I chose to make us all 38 years old in the show. As my character turns that age she starts to grapple with the trauma she inherits from her bloodline..." - Merlynn Tong

Congratulations, Get Rich! is a story of transformation and hope – full of joy, laughter and heart. At its core, though, it also holds space for conversations around loss and personal tragedy.

Today, on World Su***de Prevention Day, and tomorrow on R U OK? Day, we pause to recognise the importance of looking out for one another. A simple check-in, an open ear, or a gentle conversation can make all the difference. Every day is an opportunity to ask, to listen, and to remind someone they’re not alone.

For more visit: ruok.org.au

10/09/2025

08/09/2025

Julian is also talking at Buda in Castlemaine this Saturday 2-4pm

Julian Kingma captures the real-life faces of people who have chosen voluntary assisted dying.

08/09/2025

On Monday’s episode of DEAD AIR: World Su***de Prevention Day in Wednesday 10 Sept, I talk about CHARLEE for the LGBTIQA+ community and MATES and HALT for the blokes (remember that time Henry Rollins came to town), Out Of The Shadows Walk, the Castlemaine Safe Space candle vigil, and a few what’s on events… enjoy 🖤
🖤 Live: 94.9fm local frequency or stream mainfm.net Mondays 10-11am AEST
🖤 Later: uploads at hayleywest.com.au/radio & MAINfm Mixcloud
📸: It’s Wararak (wattle) and Gurruk (magpie) season on Djaara country 💛

08/09/2025