society & culture

DEAD AIR #177 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #177
Hayley West, 94.9MAINfm

Labor endorses voluntary assisted dying telehealth access in platform shift – ABC News

Anthony Albanese personally opposed to Labor's push on telehealth voluntary assisted dying – ABC News

The women running death salons for people of color to process grief: ‘It allows for freedom’ - The Guardian US

The Death Letter Project - Keith Quayle, Writer, Advocate for Trans and Gender Diverse People in Prison.

The Collective for Radical Death Studies - CRDS serves as a source of knowledge for how death practitioners, death care professionals, students and scholars alike can all better understand death ways of people of colour and marginalised groups. The literary canon is a collection of source material.

Beholden - on sanity, grace, and the barely there space... Chloe Hope, Death & Birds

Weaving a Shroud Carrier - a weekend immersion into shrouding Castlemaine.  Join us in Castlemaine for a weekend immersion into the art of shrouding, where we will collectively weave a shroud carrier from invasive Cats Claw vine. Led by master weaver Zimmi Forest, d’Vine Creations and facilitated by Hayley West of The Departure, this open and inclusive workshop explores the how, why, and when of shrouding, alongside broader conversations about death, dying, and grief, with an optional opportunity to experience being shrouded. All materials and morning teas are provided; bring your own lunch, your questions, and your personal experiences. Sat 10 Oct, 9:30am – 4pm & Sun 11 Oct, 10am-3.30pm. Venue tbc, Castlemaine. $380/ $730 if booking for 2 people. Book HERE

The Australian Hearse Nationals hearse parade is happening this Sunday 2 August for the Goldfields Gothic: Festival of Dark Ideas! Stand on the Main Street at 10.30am, and cheer us on! We'll be leaving from the Machinery Shed Museum for a couple of laps around town. The hearses will then park in the grass area just above the Machinery Shed for perusal and chats. I'll have either a shrouded body in a carrier in the back, or my hand woven coffin, I haven't decided yet... Come and vote for your favourite hearse - The Death Star! We recently starred in the LOCALS film made by Liz Geddes at Castlemaine Documentary Festival. I've entered in two categories - Best Hearse Post 1980 & Best Display

Community & Care - Death & Grief: Practical, artful ways to show up for the end of life. Starts this Sunday - 4 online sessions held on Sundays from 6-8pm (Aug 2, Aug 23, Sep 13, Oct 4). COST: $240 early bird / $270. A special $30 community discount using the code CARE has been created.

TRACKS: Doorway – Kathryn Mohr / I Don’t Know Why – Yoko Ono

DEAD AIR #176 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #176
Hayley West, 94.9MAINfm

Sectors welcome Senate call to remove limits on end-of-life care at home – Media Release

Motherless Daughters Australia - connecting and supporting women, girls, and families experiencing the distress and lifelong impact caused by mother loss.

HISTORY OF IDEAS – Rituals - The School of Life

AHFA - Home Funerals

This year for Dying to Know month I've been invited to speak at Woodend & Bendigo Library. Reimagining Death: A thought-provoking talk exploring meaningful alternatives to end-of-life rituals. How can we approach death with creativity, care, and a lighter footprint? Explore meaningful alternatives, from living wakes to natural burials and end-of-life rituals, in this thought-provoking talk. Discover how we, as a community, can reshape our relationship with death. Book HERE - Bendigo Library: Thu, 6 Aug, 5:30pm + Woodend Library: Fri, 7 Aug, 2pm.

AHFA presents "Global history and evolution of euthanasia and assisted dying" with Dr Philip Nitschke – Register HERE 7pm AEST Friday 28 August.

Dying to Know Day event in Rochester. Meet local organisations, ask questions, explore topics through short presentations and resources on offer. Rochester Racecourse Recreation Reserve, Mon 10 Aug, 9.30am-2.30pm. Please register by email hello@livingandleaving.com.au

Good Grief Lounge, Dying to Know Day: Jenny Blake: What is a Death Doula? & Sarah Byrne: How to Make a Will and appoint an Enduring Power of Attorney & Ceramicist Lisa McPherson: Will lead us in making a healing vessel out of clay. Entry: $10 donation at the door. Please register your attendance HERE Sat 8 Aug, 11am–2pm, Northern Arts Hotel, 359 Barker Street, Castlemaine.

Great Stupa Death Festival A day to come together as a community to reflect, connect and celebrate life.  Sat 15 Aug, 11am-3pm, Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Myers Flat, FREE.

TRACKS: Great Radio – Bongwater / Processing Grief, Transcedens – Stine Janvin

DEAD AIR #175 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #175
Hayley West, 94.9MAINfm

‘We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?’ – The Guardian

‘Why Your Business Will Collapse After You Die’ Taboo Education - YouTube

Taboo Education is crowdfunding for an upcoming book, ‘But It Would Never Happen To Me’. Make a donation through the Australian Cultural Fund website HERE

Reflections on the Death Down Under: Toward an Australian Death Studies symposium (Fri 10 July) in Naarm/Melbourne with Bec Lyons.

Dying to Know Day event in Rochester. Meet local organisations, ask questions, explore topics through short presentations and resources on offer. Rochester Racecourse Recreation Reserve, Mon 10 Aug, 9.30am-2.30pm. Please register by email hello@livingandleaving.com.au

Good Grief Lounge, Dying to Know Day: Jenny Blake: What is a Death Doula? & Sarah Byrne: How to Make a Will and appoint an Enduring Power of Attorney & Ceramicist Lisa McPherson: Will lead us in making a healing vessel out of clay. Entry: $10 donation at the door. Please register your attendance HERE Sat 8 Aug, 11am–2pm, Northern Arts Hotel, 359 Barker Street, Castlemaine.

Great Stupa Death Festival A day to come together as a community to reflect, connect and celebrate life.  Sat 15 Aug, 11am-3pm, Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Myers Flat, FREE.

This year for Dying to Know month I've been invited to speak at Woodend & Bendigo Library. Reimagining Death: A thought-provoking talk exploring meaningful alternatives to end-of-life rituals. How can we approach death with creativity, care, and a lighter footprint? Explore meaningful alternatives, from living wakes to natural burials and end-of-life rituals, in this thought-provoking talk. Discover how we, as a community, can reshape our relationship with death. Book HERE: Bendigo Library: Thu, 6 Aug, 5:30pm + Woodend Library: Fri, 7 Aug, 2pm.

TRACKS: Songs from the #1 EP launch by Erica Carrot Collision Hole Precious Rose / Rush To Relax / Which Way To Go