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On tonight's program: A look at the causes and possible solutions to increasing levels of homelessness on our city streets. PM discusses some of the ideas that are working to get a roof over people's heads and we'll hear from those who find themselves stuck on the fringes of society; And the Government's loss in the Federal Court, it was trying to take mobile phones from people in immigration detention.

A man wrongly accused of the rape of a two year old girl in the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek is demanding police formally apologise for arresting him.

The Australian Government is yet to announce whether it will allow Chinese government associated companies to help build the new 5G mobile network. Canadian expert Andy Ellis joins PM and he says the involvement of Huawei in particular presents a number of risks for countries like Canada and Australia.

A Queensland man has flown to Canada to get medicine he needs but he says can take months to get in Australia. Lindsay Carter was the first Queenslander to be prescribed medicinal cannabis, which he takes to prevent debilitating seizures caused by a brain tumour.

Only hours after backing down on a policy of separating migrant families crossing the U.S border with Mexico, President Donald Trump is insisting that his administration will maintain its tough stance on illegal immigration.

A big win for the Turnbull Government as $144 billion income tax cuts pass Parliament in full. Labor says higher income earners benefit most, the Government insists the plan is fair with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann joining PM.

The Federal Government has passed its $144 billion personal income tax cut package with the help of the crossbench. The Prime Minister says it’s a fair plan but Labor says it benefits the high end of town.

On today's program: A big win for the Government, it's $144 billion income tax cuts pass Parliament in full. Higher income earners get the biggest benefit. So will it fuel your aspirations to get a better job, as the Government would have it? The Finance Minister Mathias Cormann joins PM; And in the Northern Territory, pleas for an apology from a man detained for three months and later released after he was cleared in a toddler sexual assault case.

The Northern Territory Government is defending the state-run water authority, after an ABC investigation found seven top end communities have drinking water with elevated levels of uranium and other contaminants.

Climate change is worrying more and more Australians and it's likely that the rising alarm which has been recorded now over the last six years, is tied to a lack of confidence in Government action to address it. It's one of the questions asked by the think tank, the Lowy Institute, in its annual, national poll. And the Institute says the 2018 climate change findings are the most interesting result in the poll's fourteen year history. Other issues surveyed include our threat perceptions, immigration, where a majority for the first time think the rate is too high and our views on other countries in the region. The Lowy Institute's Alex Oliver is responsible for the poll and joins PM.