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Flight MH370 searchers are totally committed, says Angus Houston
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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
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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
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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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vvvvvvvv 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.
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'
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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
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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
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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.
ACOSS fears the creation of 'second-class citizens'
Saffron Howden, Lisa Cox It was a call to arms, a blueprint for broken promises, it failed the fairness test, it was outrageous.