

Voluntary Assisted Dying in Queensland
Voluntary Assisted Dying became available for eligible Queenslanders in January 2023. Eligible people can ask for medical support to end
Voluntary Assisted Dying became available for eligible Queenslanders in January 2023. Eligible people can ask for medical support to end
As of July 2022, all Funeral Directors in Queensland are legally required to comply with the Fair Trading (Funeral Pricing)
There are no laws preventing you from moving a dead person from their place of death to another place (such
General Power of Attorney is someone you have nominated to make decisions about your finances for a set period of
Your spouse (married or more than two year de facto) will get everything. This is true even if you have
There are no official requirements for storing wills and no central database to register your will. Your will is completely
Police, ambulance and nursing staff will complete a life extinct test to confirm the person has died. They will usually
There are no legal restrictions on how to move a body, other than the dead person must not be visible
Funerals are much like weddings, they come in all shapes and sizes. Unlike weddings, there is no legal aspect to
My dad was admitted to hospital the day I came out with my new three day old daughter. He died 10 days after. To say it was an emotional...
Our grandmother recently passed away in a private hospital. Within half an hour of our grandmother dying, the nurses told us that we would have only a few hours...
In the mortuary of a funeral home in the Blue Mountains, a 95-kilogram body lay in a body bag, on the floor. Six figures crouched around it, determined. On...
After my mother was certified dead by the hospital Registrar, I simply informed the nursing staff that I wished to take my mother home. They did not seem particularly...
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