palliative care

DEAD AIR #157 by The Departure

Aboriginal Beliefs About Death and Afterlife - Evolve Communities: Australia’s Trusted Authority for Indigenous Cultural Awareness Training & Ally Accreditation (NSW)

(2nd half of) SBS Grave Matters Podcast - End of Life Yarning: An Indigenous Perspective on Dying with Eliza Munro, a spiritual woman from the Gamilaroi Nation, the Managing Director of Ngiyani Wandabaa and a Sorry Business Consultant.

AHFA presents, Genocide – a survivors perspective, learning, healing and living on. With special guest Faina Iligoga. Details HERE Fri 23 Jan 2026 from 8-10pm AEDT.

Showing Up For Each Other: Community Death Care Workshop - funded by the Wicking Trust. Supported by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, in conjunction with Social Health Australia and the Death Literacy Institute. Led by myself, Jenny Blake & Nici Wright. Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April, Castlemaine. EOIs open now, submit HERE

2026 Australia Day – Survival Day community event TODAY, Monday 26 January, 10am-2pm (concert from 12pm) Castlemaine Town Hall. Catering provided by Konjo Mama, Icecream Republic and Castlemaine Rotary. ALL FREE AND COOL (air-con I mean). Performances by: Amos Roach accompanied by Uncle Bart Willoughby and Shiralee Hood, Culture Evolves, JDro, Crooked TP, PALM Choir & Nalderun Women's Cleansing Ceremony

The Life Line Natural Disasters Support Toolkit can assist with understanding the mental health impacts of extreme weather and help you learn ways to manage stress and build resilience before, during, and after a natural disaster. 

TRACKS: Barkaa – King Brown / Miss Kaninna - Dawg In Me / Barkaa - Blak Matriarchy

DEAD AIR #128 by The Departure

How can we ethically display the dead in museums? What about resin casts of those who died violently in Pompeii? – The Conversation

'When my baby passed away, my work cancelled my maternity leave’ - mamamia

Harkness Memorial Park first stage designs revealed.

Climate Café at Castlemaine Community House, Sat 26 April, 9am-12.30pm. To book call Wolf: 0439 353 931 or email: lucidlifeaus@gmail.com

Death Café Maldon, Sun 27 April,10am. Pure Gold Holistic & Wellbeing, 1 Spring St, Maldon. Held every last Sunday of the month at 10am.

The Last Word Podcast with Nastassia Jones, Co-Founder of the Last Hurrah Funerals and Comedian Jonathan Schuster - podbean

Submit stories for Deep Listening – The Mourning After

The Palliative Care Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Coalition’s The End Wise Project aims to amend the regulations in Australia, allowing access to psilocybin-assisted therapy for those in palliative care.

‘Island of the Dead’ Doco with Heidi Grieg from KI Doula Services - Compass ABC TV

Launch of Critical Info in Frankston can be watched online Tues 15 April, 6.30-7pm - YouTube

REMINDER d’Vine Creation Coffin Weaving Workshop in Melbourne, 10 & 11 May 2025. Facilitated by: Zimmi Forest - Fibre Artist & Maria Lazovic - Death Doula & Psychotherapist. Book HERE

TRACKS: Young & Successful - DIÄT / Anxiety - C.C.T.V / Hey Mr. Dogman! – Powerplant

DEAD AIR #113 by The Departure

TALK DEATH - Anti-Claus Traditions and Christmas Witches and Christmas Death Traditions

MOVIE: NOSFERATU (director Robert Eggers of The Lighthouse) at the Theatre Royal Castlemaine. Thu 16 Jan - 8pm, Fri 17 Jan - 5pm, Sat 18 Jan - 8pm, more session times soon…

CONFERENCE: 2025 National Compassionate Communities forum in Brisbane. Save the date - 9 September. More information to follow. We are inviting Compassionate Communities from across Australia to come together to network and learn from each other - while also facilitating a discussion with the broader palliative care sector who will be meeting for the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 10-12 September in Brisbane.

ONLINE: AHFA presents - ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death.’ Speaker Chetan Shastri. Wed 22-January 2025 from 7-8.30pm AEDT. Book HERE  

ONLINE: NDAN Presents - ‘The churchyard itself is a great-nuisance. The lively burial grounds of the eighteenth century.’ Speaker Dr Dan O’Brien. Book HERE - Fri 7 Feb, 7-9pm AEDT.

IN PERSON: End of Life Practitioner Knowledge and Skills Workshops, Sat 22 & Sun 23 March 2025, 10am-4pm. Life Rites Funerals, Hurstville NSW. Submit EOI HERE by 24th Jan 2025

ONLINE: Denise Love Death Doula Course commences Feb 5, Zooms at 7pm over 10 consecutive Wednesdays. Email: gazzalove@gmail.com

HOLIDAY SEASON GRIEF: Refuge in Grief https://www.instagram.com/refugeingrief ‘How do you to help a grieving friend during the holidays?’. Grief Australia - https://www.grief.org.au

Castlemaine Community House free celebration will include lunch and dessert, music, activities, presents and a visit from Santa! Wedn 25 Dec, 12.30pm, Castlemaine Town Hall. Book online at cch.org.au or call 5472 4842.

TRACKS: Lungs on Fire - Witchsnake / Immortality Roars - Rudra / Troubled - Outright