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Opponents of same-sex marriage often argue that children benefit from having a mother and a father and that same-sex marriage should not be legalised. ABC Fact Check investigates whether children d...

As the New Horizons spacecraft passes just 12,500 kilometres from Pluto, new discoveries are being made about the dwarf planet's size, shape and geology.

Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman travelled through a ten metre deep tunnel that opened into the prison bathroom, to make his escape.

ABC business editor Ian Verrender explains how China has engineered a bubble that is now bursting and breaking Beijing's traditional control of the markets.

ABC business editor Ian Verrender explains how Greece has arrived at the precipice of the biggest sovereign default in history.

Mathematician Adam Spencer and science educator Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explain why mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr, whose life was portrayed in the film A Beautiful Mind and who died in a car accid...

People power used to free a man who was trapped between the platform and a train at a Perth station. Watch the full video: http://youtu.be/GGIG4FQBDjI | Read story: http://ab.co/1lyoLMq

Rangers in the West Australian Kimberley say it appears a motion-sensor camera they recently lost in the region was stolen by an eagle. Read more here: http://ab.co/1ao8IKj

Former Australian PM Julia Gillard hits back at Tony Abbott's call for Peter Slipper to be removed as Speaker, attacking Mr Abbott as a misogynist. More: http://ab.co/amazingparliament

Melbourne police have released footage of an assault that has left a man in a critical condition.

A Chinese man is being hailed a hero after rescuing a woman being dragged behind motorcycle.

Security footage has shown bouncers assaulting patrons and being involved in brawls at the Monsoons nightclub in Darwin.