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I feel a responsibility to be open about my work in child protection
Germanwings Airbus 320 crash: victims to be named – live updates
Kraft weighs up $40bn offer from 3G Capital
Woman charged with assaulting police over alleged breast milk attack
Great Barrier Reef: Nationals MP says environmentalists are guilty of treason
Leaving home: youth theatre must leave mum-and-dad audiences behind
Steve Bell's If ... David Cameron acts natural
Why I couldn't use the phrase 'camel toes' in the title of my first novel
America's heartland: pre-election Iowa – in pictures
The film that makes me cry: My Best Friend’s Wedding
Chatterbox: Wednesday
Chief scientist calls for experts not 'ranting entertainers' to lead debate
Greece scrambles to agree reforms on Independence Day - live updates
Reflections on Gallipoli review – Turkey and Australia's battlefield dead rise again
Johnston Press posts pre-tax loss of £23.9m
NHS reform: what next for the world’s best health system?
Shazia Mirza on Kim Noble: he smashes every rule of comedy
Alfred Hitchcock by Peter Ackroyd review – ‘Catholic, controlling and celibate’
Can family support reduce Northern Ireland’s high infant death rates?
Coalition rejects Labor's pitch on submarines – politics live

I feel a responsibility to be open about my work in child protection

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:30 AM PDT

We need to share positive stories when public confidence is knocked by negative media portrayals

Germanwings Airbus 320 crash: victims to be named – live updates

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:26 AM PDT

Search and recovery at crash site resumes
Black box from flight 4U9525 found damaged but usable
Among the 150 victims were 45 Spaniards, 67 Germans, including 16 schoolchildren
Two Australians and "a number" of British nationals also on board
What we know so far
View gallery of images from emergency response

Kraft weighs up $40bn offer from 3G Capital

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:24 AM PDT

Brazilian company teamed up with Warren Buffet in 2013 to buy Heinz and may now merge it with Kraft if acquisition goes through

Woman charged with assaulting police over alleged breast milk attack

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:18 AM PDT

A Western Australian woman has been charged with assault for allegedly squirting breast milk at a police officer

Great Barrier Reef: Nationals MP says environmentalists are guilty of treason

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:08 AM PDT

Conservation groups are 'eco-traitors' for lobbying the Unesco world heritage committee on reef, says Abbot government backbencher George Christensen

Leaving home: youth theatre must leave mum-and-dad audiences behind

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Testing themselves away from the unconditional support of home-town audiences is vital to help young performers really gain confidence

Steve Bell's If ... David Cameron acts natural

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Why I couldn't use the phrase 'camel toes' in the title of my first novel

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

YA author Natasha Desborough settled on the title 'Weirdos and Camel Toes' for her first book because it was cheeky, funny, flowed beautifully and she knew it would stand out. But a lot of important people in the industry thought the title was too 'rude and risqué'. If the title wasn't changed, the book wouldn't be available… what happened next was more than ironic!

America's heartland: pre-election Iowa – in pictures

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Iowa, with its endless fields and quiet towns, is gearing up for its four-yearly starring role in the US presidential elections. Once again the state will become the focus of the nation as the long and sometimes quirky process of electing the next US president begins. Even though the Iowa caucus is still 11 months away, potential candidates have already starting to visit the Midwestern state. Jim Young's pictures give us a glimpse into America's Heartland

The film that makes me cry: My Best Friend’s Wedding

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Julia Roberts' character is in love with her best friend. But she doesn't find her happily ever after in this heartbreaking tale of regret and loss Continue reading...

Chatterbox: Wednesday

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:58 AM PDT

The place to talk about games and other things that matter

Chief scientist calls for experts not 'ranting entertainers' to lead debate

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:53 AM PDT

Ian Chubb releases report on economic benefit of science and maths and calls for issue such as genetically modified food to be discussed in a mature way

Greece scrambles to agree reforms on Independence Day - live updates

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:51 AM PDT

Rolling economic and financial news, including the latest developments around Greece's bailout and the latest survey of Germany's economy

Reflections on Gallipoli review – Turkey and Australia's battlefield dead rise again

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:50 AM PDT

City Recital Hall, Sydney
Richard Tognetti's always world-class ACO plays to the emotions as much as the ear in Nigel Jamieson and Neil Armfield's beautifully staged performance

Johnston Press posts pre-tax loss of £23.9m

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:46 AM PDT

Regional newspaper publisher also unveils deal to print Richard Desmond's four Express and Star titles in the north of England

NHS reform: what next for the world’s best health system?

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:45 AM PDT

Despite the pressures of an ageing population and scant resources, the NHS is the envy of many. Yet the three main parties agree it must adapt to survive. How do they see its future?

Shazia Mirza on Kim Noble: he smashes every rule of comedy

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:30 AM PDT

Kim Noble exposes himself on stage – sometimes literally – in an act that is shocking, frightening, unethical and hilarious

Alfred Hitchcock by Peter Ackroyd review – ‘Catholic, controlling and celibate’

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:30 AM PDT

The psychology that drove cinema's master of suspense is unravelled in this insightful biography Continue reading...

Can family support reduce Northern Ireland’s high infant death rates?

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:30 AM PDT

Poverty, along with abortion laws, blamed for child mortality rates that are among the worst in Europe Continue reading...

Coalition rejects Labor's pitch on submarines – politics live

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:28 AM PDT

The foreign minister confirms two Australians have died overnight in a plane crash in the French Alps. The Senate continues a debate over the government's metadata legislation, and Bill Shorten calls for a truce on the future submarine acquisition. All the developments from Canberra, live