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Flight MH370 searchers are totally committed, says Angus Houston

The search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is likely to take eight to 12 months, authorities say.

Sri Lanka arrests 54 asylum seekers bound for Australia

1:47am Sri Lanka's navy has arrested 54 asylum seekers, including 13 children, in a boat bound for Australia.

Funeral for Australians on missing MH370

Tessa van der Riet 5:22pm With no idea of what happened to their loved ones on board flight MH370, the family and friends of missing couple Rod and Mary Burrows will hold a funeral for them this Sunday.

Funeral for Australians on missing MH370

TESSA VAN DER RIET 5:32pm With no idea of what happened to their loved ones on board flight MH370, the family and friends of missing couple Rod and Mary Burrows will hold a funeral for them this Sunday.

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Mums return to work - but not for the money

COSIMA MARRINER 1:53am More women are reporting they don’t make any money when they go back to work after having children.

Funeral for Australians on missing MH370

TESSA VAN DER RIET 5:32pm With no idea of what happened to their loved ones on board flight MH370, the family and friends of missing couple Rod and Mary Burrows will hold a funeral for them this Sunday.

Perth sex abuse inquiry told of legal action 'tsunami'

ALEISHA ORR 11:22am A lawyer who defended the Christian Brothers against a class action over child sexual abuse has described the legal action as a "tsunami" that needed to be "managed".

Cancer sufferer dies after delaying preventative surgery

AMANDA HOH 11:04am Elisha Neave and her sisters tested positive with the BRCA2 cancer gene but decided to delay a hysterectomy and mastectomy to have more children.

Joseph Sparling's Abecedarian approach to early learning is making a difference in indigenous communities

Konrad Marshall A ground-breaking education project that changed the lives of disadvantaged children in the US is now being repeated in remote Aboriginal communities. Konrad Marshall reports.