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Most Australians believe children happiest with a mum and a dad
COSIMA MARRINER Seven out of 10 Australians believe a child needs to grow up in a home with both a mother and father to be happy, despite growing acceptance of single parents.
Two-parent families still favoured in Australia
COSIMA MARRINER Seven out of 10 Australians believe a child needs to grow up in a home with both a mother and father to be happy.
Editorial cartoon
The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonist.
Hijack alert puts scrutiny on airline
Michael Bachelard, Cameron Atfield, Amilia Rosa 6:54pm Serious questions are being asked of Virgin Blue's pilot and copilot after they enacted full hijack alerts to deal with an unruly passenger on board a flight to Bali on Friday.
Australia likely to widen search for debris from plane
Michelle Innis and Chris Buckley 10:46pm Australian authorities are likely to widen the underwater search for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Hockey's bulk-billing claim misses the mark
Matthew Knott, Dan Harrison, Fergus Hunter Treasurer Joe Hockey's claims that his wealthy constituents enjoyed some of the highest bulk-billing rates in the country are looking a little washed out.
Students carry torch of memory at Gallipoli
TONY WRIGHT 1:15am "The true soldier," intoned Sophie Burdett, 16, "fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
The tree whisperer
MARK BAKER An Australian aid worker's eureka moment has turned the tide for drought-ravaged lands in Africa. Now he is looking to do the same closer to home in East Timor.
Malcolm Fraser: An unlikely radical
Robert Manne Hated by progressives for his role in Gough Whitlam's dismissal and his ultra-conservative foreign policies when Liberal PM, Malcolm Fraser today believes Australia should cut all military ties to the US.
China spreads its watching web of surveillance across Australia
JOHN GARNAUT Chinese surveillance tactics in Australia arouse strong feelings.
ACCC calls for regulation of user-generated restaurant reviews
KIM ARLINGTON Now that anyone with an internet connection can share their opinions with a wide audience, user review websites such as TripAdvisor, Urbanspoon and Eatability are becoming the new word of mouth, and increasingly influential. But businesses are complaining about false, inaccurate and malicious reviews and say the system is open to abuse.
With a royal wave, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave Australia
SARAH WHYTE After a 10-day journey that took them from Sydney to Uluru, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have headed back to Britain.
Direct action could fail even without Palmer United Party
LISA COX Tony Abbott's "direct action" climate change policy is almost certain not to pass the Senate in its present form – even if the Palmer United Party were to change its position and vote for the plan.
Celestial reminders capture Gallipoli spirit
TONY WRIGHT A thin crescent moon slipped from behind the Sphinx, casting magic on the old hills and gullies hunkered in the dark.
Crowds swell at Hellfire Pass dawn service
LINDSAY MURDOCH Hellfire Pass, Thailand: They make the pilgrimage in greater numbers each year, walking silently in the pre-dawn darkness to this eerie eight-metre-deep stone cutting in the infamous death railway.
Private eyes to probe public servants' mental health claims
NOEL TOWELL Workers who say their jobs have left them mentally damaged are increasingly being placed under surveillance to test their claims.
What the Duchess of Cambridge missed most during her trip to Australia
Gordon Rayner They may have brought their baby son with them to the other side of the world, but the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been pining for a member of the family left behind: their dog, Lupo.
Royals farewelled in Canberra
NATASHA BODDY The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a wailing baby Prince George have farewelled Australia after a hugely popular tour.
Republicans say success of royal tour doesn't signal an end to debate
NATASHA BODDY The republican movement has declared the popularity of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's royal tour is due to its celebrity appeal and it would be "absurd" to suggest the interest represented Australia's support for the monarchy.
Royal connection for Anzac Day tree planting at War Memorial
A lone pine descended from a tree at the bloody battlefield of Gallipoli; an Australian family's loss; and a now a double royal connection.
Gallipoli acorns to germinate 500 remembrance trees
Denise Gadd Five hundred acorns have been propagated from four holly oaks with historic horticultural links to trees which originated from the Gallipoli Peninsula, growing on the cliffs where the Anzacs landed.
HMAS Darwin makes record $290m heroin bust
Australian warship HMAS Darwin has seized more than a tonne of heroin valued at almost $290 million from a smuggling boat off Kenya.
Number of Gallipoli pilgrims plummets
TONY WRIGHT Fewer travellers have made the Anzac Day trek to Gallipoli than at any time in the last 14 years.
Underwater search for MH370 continues
As the 13th underwater search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 begins, authorities have yet to find any signs of the wreckage despite examining almost all of the search zone.
Tech
Top hacker says US spies on Australia
One of the world’s top cyber-security experts says the biggest threat facing Australia is the US.
Anzac Day 2014 in Canberra: Royals commemorate Anzac Day on Australian tour
On the tenth and final day of their Australian tour, Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, will commemorate Anzac Day in Canberra. For full coverage of the Royal visit, head to our dedicated page.
Sunday Explainer: What's worse for the budget? Super or pensions
PETER MARTIN Opinion s the cost of the pension really soaring beyond control? Or is that just the sort of talk we hear in the lead-up to every tough budget? Isn't the cost of superannuation growing even faster? And why all the talk about super and pensions just after the Coalition won office promising no change to neither?
Thousands gather for the Anzac Day dawn service, joined by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
HENRY BELOT The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have joined a crowd of thousands at the Australian War Memorial to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings and the enduring Anzac legacy.
Tony Abbott's indigenous adviser calls for more money
SAFFRON HOWDEN Less than a month from the federal budget, one of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Aboriginal affairs advisers has called for a doubling of the number of indigenous rangers working to protect almost 500 million hectares of land across the continent.
Kate, Crown Princess Mary meet for second time
Andrew Drummond The Duchess of Cambridge has come face to face with Australia's home-grown princess at Canberra's National Portrait Gallery.
