Dezi Freeman shot dead by police after seven-month manhunt | Porepunkah shooting

Fugitive Dezi Freeman, the man allegedly responsible for the shooting deaths of two officers at Porepunkah, has been killed after a seven-month manhunt in rural Victoria. The Victoria police chief commissioner, Mike Bush, has confirmed a man was fatally shot by police shortly after 8.30am on Monday, after an hours-long standoff in which he failed…

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Babies: Harry Potter star hopes his TV drama Babies will break pregnancy loss silence

Stories about miscarriage and pregnancy loss can be underrepresented on screen, and Cullen hopes this show will create “a space for someone to share”. Essiedu attributes the lack of conversation around these topics to a broader discomfort around grief. “There’s a sensitivity around any kind of grief and an assumption that those questions shouldn’t be…

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