WHERE have they gone?

'Where have they gone' is a haunting ballad reflecting on Australia's excess deaths. ABS Stats show that Australia has experienced 25,000 to 30,000 excess deaths in the period 2021-23.

I can remember receiving a call about my mother's fall some 150kms away? By the time I got there her ICU bed was empty. All I could ask is Where is she....? in shock and dismay.

The same feeling returned when I examined the ABS statistics with the same feeling of helplessness. Many many Australians are feeling a mix of emotions after they have been given no explanation as to the cause of death of their loved ones. This song expresses that same dismay ...I hope it brings some sense of sharing how valuable that person was in your life....the lack of opportunity to say goodbye is still palpable today.

To lose someone is one thing ...not to know why is another.

'Where do we go now for solace,

when the earth cries out their names

We wont lie

and we cant rest

Till we find the cause to blame.'