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Search for MH370 abandoned, but the mystery endures

If the authorities think the controversy over the loss of MH370 is over, they are seriously mistaken.

How we can really help women and girls escape forced marriages

Condemning Islam, insisting that children turn their parents in to be jailed and ostracising an entire community will not help women forced into marriage.

Is Australia's last Tiger heading for extinction?

Today, Virgin will fly an empty plane twice to Denpasar to pick up Tigerair passengers who have been, or might otherwise have become, the collateral damage in an ongoing disagreement with Jakarta's aviation regulators.

Crikey's 2016 Christmas lunch survival guide

Arguing about politics with your family is never going to go well, but this handy guide will at least mean you are right, even if you are disowned, write Crikey Journalists Sally Whyte and Josh Taylor.

Trumpocalypse Down Under is closer than you think

It is not difficult to imagine a far-right coalition emerging that includes figures from both inside and outside Parliament.

UBI proponent Hillary Clinton.

The top 5 most off-message idiots of 2016 (feat. Dutton)

There have been so many communications this year that merit dishonourable mention.

Group protesting a comfort woman statue in Seoul, South Korea

Handful of Japanese families turn to 18C to stop comfort woman memorial

A Korean community organisation has erected a memorial statue to "comfort women", but a group of Japanese families says it incites anti-Japanese sentiment.

Rundle: why the right hates Dylan Voller

Dylan Voller is a product of an underinvestment in society, But it is far easier for the right wing to label him as "wicked", in which case he deserves what he gets.

Razer: why I have not received a single Christmas card this year

I have lost many friends this year arguing about the distribution of cultural capital versus the distribution of actual capital, writes Helen Razer.

Yes, we need to introduce congestion pricing. Here's how to do it.

The key is to not let the perfect become the enemy of the good.