Lauren Day
Renewed calls for aggressive dog breed ban in wake of fatal attack on toddler
WARNING: Graphic images follow The tragic death of a 14-month-old girl in Victoria last month has reignited the debate over how to keep people...
The Carters’ Castle: One family’s decade-long fight to keep their own slice of serenity
“How’s the serenity? So much serenity,” the fictitious Darryl Kerrigan famously said. But for Max Carter the serenity of his piece of...
‘I love that I’m in a wheelchair’: Dylan Alcott on making disability sexy
When Dylan Alcott took out his fourth consecutive Australian Open tennis title in the quad wheelchair singles, those who knew him weren’t...
Terminally ill patient welcomes ‘humane’ future for dying Victorians
Victorians will have the right to request a lethal drug to end their lives from mid-2019, but the new legislation will likely...
Push to prevent deportation of woman who killed abusive husband
Anti-domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty has joined calls for the Immigration Minister to reconsider cancelling the visa of a woman who killed...
How to have a good death: What palliative care can and can’t do
Victoria’s current debate about voluntary assisted dying has heard harrowing stories about so-called “bad deaths”, but those working in palliative care say...
Woman reunited with disabled son she thought was dead
Sue McDermott was only 19 when she started feeling the tell-tale nausea of pregnancy. It was 1967 and when her suspicions were...
Victorian woman gets 3D-printed jawbone implant
Surgeons have successfully implanted a 3D-printed jaw device into a Victorian woman’s mouth. Susie Robinson was just 20 years old when she...
Dumped dead ducks reignite debate over hunting
Anti-duck hunting protesters say they have discovered pits containing nearly 200 dead ducks at the Koorangie State Game Reserve, just a week...
Air safety watchdog ‘failing’: Two-thirds of probes not done on time
The body that investigates air safety incidents is struggling with a massive backlog and is only completing one in three investigations inside...