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Prince Charles' 'black spider memos' to be released following ten year legal battle
KARLA ADAM 2:46am Britain's highest court cleared the way for private letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers to be made public, the contents of which could prove deeply embarrassing for the royal...
World
The area in Tunisia where Star Wars was filmed is now a 'way-station' for jihadists
ISHAAN THAROOR 2:03am In the Star Wars universe, the barren planet of Tatooine, illuminated by twin suns, is a fringe player in George Lucas' grand space opera of dark emperors, Jedi knights and giant orblike weapons of...
Cricket World Cup
Australia v India World Cup semi-final at the SCG
1:17am A spot in the World Cup final against New Zealand is on the line at the SCG where Australia and India are locking horns.
Queensland
Leeanne Enoch to tackle Stradbroke Island changes
TONY MOORE Queensland's first indigenous minister targets land-use issues.
Queensland
Facebook steps up suicide prevention
KRISTIAN SILVA Tool to allow users to report concerning posts from friends.
Queensland
More feral deer to be caught up in urban warfare
TOBI LOFTUS Wild deer are moving into urban areas around Brisbane.
Political News
Murray Watt firms in Labor Senate race
CAMERON ATFIELD Make-up of Labor's Queensland Senate ticket takes shape.
Queensland
Indigenous mentor's inspirational journey to self-belief
TOBI LOFTUS Craig Holloway's mission is to help youth break cycle of poverty, abuse.
Queensland
Jarrod Bleijie slammed as 'incompetent'
AMY REMEIKIS "Confidentiality meant nothing to Bleijie", says former Bar head.
Queensland
Tritium takes charge in US electric car market
JORGE BRANCO Brisbane company becomes major player in US electric car market.
Queensland
Lockouts and 3am closing time served up
AMY REMEIKIS Queensland, last drinks and lock-outs are coming.
Melbourne Life
Shape: Designs for life
DAN RULE The week's news from Melbourne's architecture and design scene.
Business
Former Leighton head Hamish Tyrwhitt joins Asia Resource Minerals as CEO
JENNY WIGGINS Mr Tyrwhitt's appointment to the top job at the coal miner reunites him with his former boss Wal King, who became chairman of Asia Resource Minerals in February.
National
Business rejects Australian unions' push for minimum wage rise
NICK TOSCANO, WORKPLACE REPORTER Australian unions will push for a wage rise of $27 a week for the nation's lowest-paid workers, while business warn that granting the above-inflation claim will force job cuts.
Column 8
Column 8: Sydney's 'walking' dead
In earlier times, the walking dead appear to have done swimmingly in Sydney Harbour.
The Age Editorial
Fix the system, but hold tight to justice
Adrian Bayley must be punished and the community must be protected, but he must also be given a chance to reform even if he is never released.
Comment & Analysis
Insurers unsure on life beyond churn
ADELE FERGUSON Within hours of a key review's release, the industry started fighting with itself.
Real Estate News
Popular properties that are open for inspection on Saturday
DANNY CORVINI Domain's picks include a Bondi studio and a family home in Balgowlah.
Environment
Australia's subcritical coal-fired power stations proving risky for investors
LUCY CORMACK Report author says Australia has "by far the most carbon intensive power stations globally, the least efficient of all the major economies."
Obituaries
Musician scored with ode to unrequited love
Michael Brown was a musician who scored with melancholy hit Walk Away Renee in his teens before retiring to the fringes of the music industry.
Business
Vodafone extends network deal with Nokia Networks
DAVID RAMLI Vodafone Hutchison Australia's mobile network will be run from India over the next four years by Nokia Networks as part of a four year deal worth around $200 million.
Business
Trowbridge report calls for $1200 life insurance commission cap to end conflict of interest
RUTH LIEW AND SALLY ROSE Financial planners should get no more than $1200 upfront for life insurance advice, the Trowbridge Report says.
Business
RayGen Resources targets China's giant solar market
ANGELA MACDONALD-SMITH Victorian solar power developer RayGen will on Friday host giant renewable energy producer China Three Gorges Corporation at the opening of its pilot plant west of Bendigo.
Business
The continuing diaries of Bob Carr, seat 14D business class
COLIN KRUGER The latest diary entry for our former foreign minister for one-legged Romanian deadlifts, Bob Carr, will not be a pleasant one.
Obituaries
Doctor pioneered integration of psychiatry into hospital practice
Geoffrey Conron was a pioneering doctor whose work helped integrate psychiatry into mainstream hospitals.
Comment
Sydney a playground for the super rich
JOHN BIRMINGHAM Research released by Knight Frank this week found that half the country's "ultra high net worth individuals" live in Sydney.
Music
Album reviews: Deena, the Gin Club, Sarah Humphreys, Zun Zun Egui and Steven Wilson
BERNARD ZUEL We take new releases from Deena, the Gin Club, Sarah Humphreys, Zun Zun Egui and Steven Wilson
NSW
ACTU calls on Fair Work Commission to lift minimum wage by $27 per week
ANNA PATTY The ACTU's submission to the review of minimum wages argues a greater increase is necessary to avoid creating an underclass of working poor and rising inequality.
NSW State Election 2015
NSW state election 2015: Mike Baird reassures voters on power privatisation as Labor intensifies attack
NICOLE HASHAM, JAMES ROBERTSON, SEAN NICHOLLS The Premier has been forced to reassure voters that his keystone power plan does not pose a state security threat.
Comment
Editorial cartoon
A collection of sketches from The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonists.
Cartoons
Alan Moir
Alan Moir, The Sydney Morning Herald's political cartoonist, sketches the political unreality.
World
Best of the world - March 27, 2015
The Herald's picture editors showcase the best images from around the globe.
The Big Idea
Why I hate Shark Tank
ALEXANDRA CAIN Why are we not yet tired of ritual humiliation on TV?
National
Editorial cartoon
The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonist.
NSW State Election 2015
NSW state election 2015: Mike Baird and Luke Foley are both misleading us on power privatisation, says Ross Gittins
ROSS GITTINS The politicians' decades of bad behaviour may have caused them to lose our trust, but not our mistrust - making us suckers for scare campaigns.
Business
Budget adviser lauds benefits of company tax cut
NASSIM KHADEM Company tax cuts are on the cards as the government heads into the tax white paper process.
Fashion
How Kate Middleton makes ASOS look expensive
NEDAHL STELIO It's not what you wear but the way that you wear it.
Comment
Chinese diplomats run rings around Australia
JOHN GARNAUT Successive Australian governments have failed to talk with honesty and nuance about China, making challenges posed by the rising power look more daunting than they are.
CT Editorial
Thoughtful contribution to city debate comes with strings attached
THE CANBERRA TIMES Canberra can learn from Melbourne when it comes to urban rejuvenation.
Work In Progress
Face it, you're racist
JAMES ADONIS Reckon you're not? Complete one of these tests to find out for sure.
Culture
Luxury 'for the few', says car boss
WARREN BROWN The very nature of luxury is to exclude the majority, says top auto chief.
Cricket World Cup
Cricket World Cup 2015: Australia haven't peaked yet, says Michael Clarke
Skipper Michael Clarke thinks Australia have not yet peaked at the World Cup despite reaching the final against neighbours New Zealand by beating reigning champions India on Thursday.
World business
Australian businesses neither use nor know about trade agreements
PETER MARTIN A new survey has revealed that most Australian businesses neither understand nor use the existing free trade agreements.
Music
Shortlist album reviews, March 26
Shortlist album reviews, March 27: The Prodigy, Death Cab For Cutie, Gretchen Peters, Jeff The Brotherhood, Love Of Diagrams
National
Dr Brown Brown Brown and his Singing Tiger turns child's child's play into grown-up fun
ELISSA BLAKE Stuart Bowden describes the children's comedy he stars in with Phil Burgers as "very gentle, silly and very playful".
Canberra Life
Gang-gang 100 Years Ago: Teddycentricity
IAN WARDEN Men (like this columnist) who love their teddy bears are probably the sanest, safest people on Earth but 100 years ago this week, Melbourne's Punch reported someone finding a teddy lover alarmingly...
About Town
What's on in Sydney this weekend: 20 things to hear, see and do
GEORGE PALATHINGAL, GARRY MADDOX, ELISSA BLAKE, SHARNE WOLFF, SARAH THOMAS AND LOUISE RUGENDYKE From Kate Winslet in the gardens of Versailles to the pumping Jurassic 5 and a No Lights No Lycra celebration of Earth House, we have your weekend covered.
Music
Sticky Carpet: Success for Sia
MARY MIHELAKOS Sticky Carpet: APRA winners, Peninsula Picnic, Child album launch, Oh Mercy and more
Movies
Dior and I puts Raf Simons on show as Paris fashion house takes its biggest gamble
GARRY MADDOX A documentary goes inside Christian Dior Paris to look at its new creative director.
Music
The Prodigy's new album, The Day Is My Enemy, driven by creative frustration
JANE ROCCA The first single of their new album gives a taste of the electronic violence that ensues.
Music
Los Chicos rises above image and brings Spanish rock'n'roll to Melbourne
PATRICK EMERY After a gig in the English city of Norwich in 2009, a woman introducing herself as Led Zeppelin's former stylist offered Spanish rock'n'roll band Los Chicos some blunt advice.
Comment
Australians need to talk about the value of foreign aid
KYLIE BOURNE This week there were hints that Australia's aid budget will be cut in the coming budget. Again.
Canberra Life
Gang-gang: There Once was an Oily Duckling
IAN WARDEN Readers! Prepare to have you heart (and all those other normally hard-to-reach giblets as well) warmed by this story.
Movies
Cinderella's Cate Blanchett and Lily James suffer for their art
STEPHANIE BUNBURY Lily James could only eat soup; the slippers were made of crystal; Cate Blanchett found the ugliness within. There's much more to this Cinderella than meets the eye, it seems.
Music
Top gigs in Sydney March 27-April 2: Vance Joy, Jurassic 5, Hozier, Rod Stewart, Train
BRONWYN THOMPSON From local pop phenomenon Vance Joy to the awesome Jurassic 5 and shiny new thing Hozier, we have the week in gigs covered.
ACT News
Terrence Freebody died of blood loss from multiple wounds, court hears
MICHAEL INMAN Murder victim Terrence Freebody bled to death from multiple knife wounds on the dining room floor of his neighbour's Red Hill home, trial hears.
Comment
Ancient religious war at root of contemporary conflict in the Middle East
CLIVE WILLIAMS What we are seeing in the Middle East today is a modern violent manifestation of the 14 centuries-old schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
Music
Take Me To Church takes Hozier into a very weird world
BERNARD ZUEL Having a hit with a gay rights song means you will get the deepest and the stupidest questions.
