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There is a gap in most people’s knowledge – experiential poverty – about how to deal with death.
A surprising case in Queensland, Australia is changing the way we think about what can be used an official document after your death.
Modern courts may be flexible in working out what your will is after you die, but that doesn’t mean you should be complacent.
Charities’ victory in inheritance case a relief for legacy fundraisers, but raises wider questions about individuals’ motives.
Do people have an obligation to leave their money to estranged family members?
When Facebook accidentally listed millions of users as “dead” in an embarrassing glitch it was a reminder that everyone needs to plan for their own digital death.
Passing the halfway point of the election campaign, The Conversation took an in-depth look at three key seats in Victoria.
The Greens, who already hold the seat of Melbourne, are making a big play for two nearby Labor-held seats – Batman and Wills.
With the election result almost certain to be close, preferencing will play a key role, leaving the progressive parties in particular in a difficult bind.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is not the only senior politician having conniptions about his seat. Anthony Albanese was in his New South Wales electorate of Grayndler on Monday, the first full day…
In March this year the ACT Supreme Court overturned a will made by an elderly Muslim lady called Mariem Omari. Her daughter contested the estate and the court found that because Omari signed the will while…
Only a minority of Australians leave a charitable bequest in their wills, a recent study from Swinburne University of Technology…
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