DEAD AIR #149

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death & Dying – online, 72 hours of conversations, workshops, art, and connection opening up vital, life-affirming dialogues about death and dying.14-16 Nov 2025. Hayley West- ‘Art, Voice, New Ritual’ 6.30pm Sun 16 Nov AEDT. Info & tickets HERE

Gone to a wetter place: the Queenslanders disrupting the death industry with water cremations – The Guardian

Don’t Be Caught Dead podcast – ‘Facing Death Head-on – A Doula’s Guide to End-Of-Life Care’ Catherine Ashton talks to Barb Ferguson.

Shannon’s Bridge, ‘Why saying someone in their end-of-life phase “isn’t allowed to come home from hospital” is complete nonsense’. – Facebook Post

GUESTS: Kate Stones, Jane Montgomery-Griffiths & Stephen Mitchell (Director) are visiting to talk about the new Castlemaine Theatre Company production ‘Piece of Mind’ by Emma Wood. 14-30 November 2025, Fri/Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2pm. Castlemaine Theatre Company, Tickets HERE.

DEAD AIR radiothon special 2024

SPECIAL GUESTS! Jenny Valentish & Frank Magree from the Spirit Levels Podcast

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FIRST Alkaline Hydrolysis business in Australia, and it is in Tassy - Alluvium Water Cremations

FIRST 100% Natural Conservation burial site in Australia, and it’s in NSW - Walawaani Way Conservation Burial

Dying to Know Day August 8 (and the whole of August) - Dying To Know Day 2024

WAYS OF BEING WITH A FAMILY WHEN A PERSON IS DYING with Annie Whitlocke. Thursday 25 July 2024, 7-8.30pm AEST. Presented by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, book HERE

WATER CREMATION IN AUSTRALIA with Brendan Cooper and Luke Cripps. Saturday 10 August 2024, 9-11am AEST. Presented by the Natural Death Advocacy Network, book HERE

SHOUT OUT TO: Queer as Death Collective, check out their Facebook page for upcoming events HERE

DEAD AIR has generously been sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk trashcult.com.au

DEAD AIR #56

‘Packed with Love’ – condolence and memorial seeds, based in Bendigo.

DEDTalks – Sat. 5 August. Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas. Submissions by 17 Feb, 5pm.

NDAN talk – Revisiting Resomation (Alkaline Hydrolysis, Australia & NZ). Saturday 11th February 2023 9AM AEST (Zoom)

Remembrance Parks – Adornment Policy furore Latest News

PETITION: “Save our right to personalise our loved one's final resting place”

‘Families upset about crackdown on grave decorations’ ABC Radio - Jan 19

PROTEST Tuesday Jan 31: Eaglehawk Cemetery.

‘Remembrance Parks Central Victoria under fire for gravesite decoration crackdown’ ABC Central Victoria - Jan 31

‘Eaglehawk Cemetery chair breaks her silence over removal of items from graves’ ABC Radio Central Victoria - Feb 2

‘Remembrance Parks Central Victoria CEO stood down over gravesite decoration removals’ - Feb 3

‘Cemetery agency CEO stood down amid protests over treatment of grave sites’ A Current Affair Channel 9 - Feb 3

TRACK: You’re No Good - ESG