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Lady with long brown hair, black dress and yellow rainbow earrings stares somber at the camera with a child memorial behind

A fridge with images with one in focus of a little boy with blonde hair bottle feeding a baby

a caucasian hand wearing two rings rests on a child grave with a photo of a blonde little boy smiling

a wooden picture frame sits upright on the kitchen counter

A man in a blue shirt and jacket.

"As a country, we can certainly do much more in terms of the way we respond to bereaved families following the death of a child."

"We live in a culture where we get three days' bereavement leave for the death of a family member and to me that's a very significant message that we have a culture that sees grief like the flu or the cold,"
Mr Hall said.
Woody and Buzz ornaments from Toy Story sit beside a memorial plaque in a cemetery

"One submission I received stated that if the individuals decided not to bury or cremate their child, [they] would actually be given back to the hospital as medical waste,"
she said.

A young woman with black hair, pink jacket and black top smiles at the camera standing in front of green shurbs.

"More than seven out of 1,000 babies are born still … that's six stillborn babies in Australia every day, which is double the national road toll."

"While nothing could alleviate the grief of losing a child, we hope this fee waiver will in some small way support families in such a difficult time,"
she said.

A fair-skinned young woman, Ella, stands smiling arms crossed on the River Murray bank at Berri.

Caucasain lady with long auburn hair squats beside a grave plaque and rests her hand which has yellow flowers beside it

a yellow sherrin football sits on green grass with a toy car in the background

"He is always around us … whether it's a particular scent, the colour yellow or seeing a monarch butterfly … he's very much around us in spirit."

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