When paramedics picked up 85-year-old Mavis from her Port Macquarie home this week they thought they were just dropping her off at a palliative care unit. Key points: Mavis, 85, spent some of her final moments at the beach before being taken to palliative care Paramedics said it was humbling to give someone a special send off They said she …
A battle is being waged over a snow-clearing proposal at Falls Creek in Alpine Victoria with the head of a cross-country skiing group receiving legal cease and desist letters over the issue. Key points: Cross-country skiing groups say if the 1.2km snow-clearing proposal goes ahead it will gut the local trail system The president of a group opposed to the …
On an afternoon dive, as Kevin Mason searched for food for his family, came a confronting moment the 74-year-old Aboriginal great-grandfather says "scared the daylights" out of him. Key points: Kevin Mason, a 74-year-old great-grandfather, was charged after being searched while abalone diving Mr Mason's fight is at the heart of a long-running dispute over Aboriginal people's right to hunt …