Grief

As the state grapples with the most road deaths for the year since 2008, a woman in her 60s recalls the shocking moment that devastated two families six decades ago and the awful legacy of road trauma.

Nicole's mother Galit was the only Australian to be killed by Hamas on October 7. Now she has returned to the kibbutz where she was murdered. WARNING: Some readers might find the details and images in this story distressing. 

Police are searching a Tasmanian hiking track and bushland for a missing man, a week after opening a criminal investigation and six years since he went missing.

Northern Grampians Mayor Kevin Erwin says it's been a "really tragic weekend" after the death of an 18-year-old spectator at a car event and a plane crash killed three people.

After decades of deception, a protracted police investigation and a very public trial, Shanelle Dawson reclaims her story, sharing the betrayal of losing her mum at the hands of her own father.

Ms Leeson said losing her mum was isolating and lonely, but now she's found a community of women who have been through significant loss and are finding ways to support one another.

Hundreds of people — family, friends, community leaders, and strangers — gather to pay tribute to those who were lost after a bus rolled at a roundabout near Greta in June.

The loss of the Sycamore Gap tree sent a nation into grief. Rebecca Banham explores why individual trees can become important to our sense of security. 

The Irish Film Festival gets underway today in Australia and there will be some movies that will make you laugh and cry. So, what is it about the Irish and their ability to find light in tragic circumstances?

It was described as a landmark report into how Tasmanian authorities handled allegations of child sexual abuse in hospitals, schools, detention and out-of-home care. So what did it say?

Child sexual abuse at Tasmania's only youth detention facility "remains a live and current risk" and not a historical problem, a two-year inquiry finds. The state premier says he would close it now if he could but there are no other options for housing child inmates. 

.Two and a half years after it began, Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry into the government's responses to child sexual abuse has delivered its final report

Tasmania's children have been abused in the government's institutions — from hospitals to schools — and failed by a state response that has "too often been inadequate", a long-awaited report finds. 

When her mum died in 2012, Sarah Powell was left feeling isolated and alone — but a camp for kids going through that same sense of loss and grief helped her process her emotions, and left her wanting to help others.

Cheryl O'Sullivan's world was ripped apart when her daughter Karen Gilliland was murdered. Now the retiree is raising three grandchildren, and working tirelessly to help others experiencing domestic and family violence.

Stigmatising experiences involving shame and guilt are being studied to improve maternity care and empower women.

Each balloon represents the favourite colours of five teenagers killed in a horrific car crash south-west of Sydney nearly one year ago, and are hung to spread a vital message about road safety.

Mechelle Turvey starts delivering training sessions to police recruits that she hopes will help them be more sensitive when dealing with victims of crime. WARNING: This story features the name and image of a deceased Aboriginal person.

Gina Chick and how a barefoot childhood prepared her for 67 days alone in the wild.

The mother of a navy veteran who took his own life after he was medically discharged has accused the ADF of 'destroying and discarding' its members.

A mother tells the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide her son was "in hospital dying" when he was medically discharged from the Navy against his will.

Crisis support workers are called into to assist a community in mourning following the tragic death of a teenage boy on the New South Wales North Coast.

The mother of murdered 14-year-old Shyanne-Lee Tatnell says she will "never be free from the grief" of losing her daughter, as mourners farewelled the teen who was described as "strong willed and rebellious".

Emma and Adam Deane lost their son Jace at 24 weeks gestation. They're calling for hospital reform so others won't have to endure the same post-birth experience.

Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso had been in Tasmania barely a week in 1995 when she was stabbed 17 times on an idyllic beach in broad daylight. Twenty-seven years on, police release new images and reveal they have conducted recent searches.