“Every politician thinks it's dreadful but no-one's changed it.” What happens to Australia’s unclaimed dead?
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The one certainty in life is death. Young or old, rich or poor, we will all eventually die.For most people, friends and family will see them off with a memorial of some kind, a celebration of their lives.But what happens to those who have no friends or family, whose bodies remain unclaimed? Unlike death, the answer for them is far from certain.